Chapter I: The Floating of the Dayspring

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Preliminary Note 1
Call for a Mission Ship 2
A Brutal Captain 3
Sun-Worshippers, or Slaves? 5
The Lights of Sydney 6
Thrown upon the Lord 7
Mr. Foss’s Open Door 8
Climbing into Pulpits 9
Shipping Company for Jesus 10
The Golden Shower 12
Wanted! More Missionaries 13
Commissioned to Scotland 14
Wayside Incidents of Australian Travel 16
Lost in the Bush 17
Sinking in the Swamp 21
Put through my Catechism 23
“Do for the Parson!” 24
Crossing the Colony on Novel Conditions 25
Pay-Day at a Squatter’s 29
Three Days in a Public House 31
A Meeting among the Diggers 35
Camping Out 37
A Squatter Rescued 39
John Gilpin’s Ride through the Bush 40