NVAS 367

STOWING FORETOPSAIL 371

QUEENSLAND NATIVES 373

CARDWELL SCHOOL HOUSE 375

DEAD CROCODILE ON SNAG 378

THE TRAIN IN THE BUSH 382

ZAMOA TREE 384

ON THE JOHNSTONE RIVER 387

NAVIGATORS 389

THURSDAY ISLAND 391

COOKTOWN 393

CORAL ON PEARL-OYSTER 396

DRUM FROM MURRAY ISLAND 402

HAMMER-HEADED OYSTER 404

CLAREMONT ISLAND LIGHTSHIP 406

THE LAST MILL IN AUSTRALIA 408

PORT DARWIN 409

DARNLEY ISLAND; THE SHORE 413

DITTO 416

CURIOS FROM MURRAY ISLAND 420

IN THE TORRES STRAITS 423

CHURCH ON DARNLEY ISLAND 425

ST. LOUIS, MAURITIUS 429

OFF THE CAPE 432

ST. HELENA 435

LONGWOOD, ST. HELENA 437

ASCENSION. GREEN MOUNTAIN 439

SIERRA LEONE 441

BARQUE HOVE-TO 443

PICO 444

BEARING UP FOR SHELTER 445

TAILPIECE.

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_FOR MY CHILDREN._

_A BRIEF MEMOIR OF THEIR DEAR MOTHER._

_'The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon
another is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues.
This your mother will still perform if you diligently
preserve the memory of her life and of her death...