Chapter XIII: The Squatter and the Settler

PRESENT MEANING OF THE WORD 'SQUATTER'--CATTLE-RAISING--CAPITAL
HAS CONFIDENCE IN SQUATTING NOW--ORIGIN OF MERINO
SHEEP-BREEDING--MANAGEMENT OF A RUN--DROUGHT--BOX-TREE
CLEARINGS--MODERN ENTERPRISE--SHEEP-SHEARING--'SUNDOWNERS'--FARMING
PROSPECTS--CHEAP LAND--EASY HARVESTING--SMALL CAPITAL--SELECTION
CONDITIONS--BUSH FIRES--BLACK THURSDAY--THE OTWAY DISASTER--LOST
IN THE BUSH--MISSING CHILDREN. 203-219

_Illustrations_:

Driving Cattle 203
A Merino Sheep 206
Ring Barking 209
A Bush Welcome 213
Before and After the Fire 216
Found! 218
A Squatter's Station 219

APPENDIX 220

INDEX 221