Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BOY IN THE BUSH.

THE BOY IN THE BUSH:
_A Tale of Australian Life._

_By the late_
RICHARD ROWE,
AUTHOR OF "ROUGHING IT," "THE DESERTED SHIP," "A HAVEN OF REST," ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY
ZWEEKER, FRASER, MAHONEY, AND DALZIEL._

_London:_
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCLXXXV.
(_All rights reserved._)

Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Limited, London and Aylesbury.

CONTENTS.

_Page_
I. VENUS AND WARRIGAL 1
II. UP A SUNNY CREEK 20
III. THE CAVE OF THE RED HAND 38
IV. ABOUT SNAKES 51
V. LOST MAGGIE 65
VI. AN AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT 78
VII. AN AUSTRALIAN FLOOD 99
VIII. A BUSH GRAVE 121
IX. THE OLD CONVICT TIMES 139
X. PIONEERING 172
XI. PIGEON PARK 193
XII. A GOLD RUSH 213

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
"POOR CHUMMY BRISTLED LIKE A PORCUPINE" _Frontispiece_
"WARRIGAL WAS BAGGED HIMSELF" 18
"THE BLACK FELLOWS WERE IN A VERY SAVAGE MOOD" 35
"ON THE ROCKY WALL A RED HAND" 40
"THE SNAKES' CORROBBOREE" 62
"H.M. DICK-A-DICK, KING OF THE POSSUM TRIBE" 72
"THE RUSHING FIRE WAS NOW STEERING STRAIGHT AT THEM" 92
"THEY FOUND THE FARMER CLINGING TO THE CHIMNEY" 112
"A ROUGH WOODEN CROSS SHOWED THEM A BUSH GRAVE" 126
"THE BLACKS RAISED A WILD HOWL AND FLED" 212
"MEN ON HORSEBACK WITH SADDLE-BAGS AND PISTOLS" 216