CHAPTER XII.
DISCOVERY OF A MASONIC RING.--FUNERAL PYRE OF BLACK DARNLEY.

CHAPTER XIII.
THE STOCKMAN AND HIS PARROT.--DARING PLOT OF A ROBBER CHIEFTAIN.

CHAPTER XIV.
DISCOVERY OF STOLEN TREASURES IN THE STOCKMANS'S CELLAR.

CHAPTER XV.
DYING CONFESSION OF JIM GULPIN, THE ROBBER.

CHAPTER XVI.
A FORCED MARCH TOWARDS MELBOURNE.

CHAPTER XVII.
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO MELBOURNE.

CHAPTER XVIII.
LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE.--ENGLISH MACHINES AT FAULT.

CHAPTER XIX.
PARDON OF SMITH AND THE OLD STOCKMAN.--GRAND DINNER AT
THE GOVERNOR'S.

CHAPTER XX.
DUEL BETWEEN FRED AND AN ENGLISH LIEUTENANT.

CHAPTER XXI.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR GULPIN'S BURIED TREASURES.

CHAPTER XXII.
DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE.--FIGHT WITH THE NATIVES.

CHAPTER XXIII.
ARRIVAL AT THE OLD STOCKMAN'S HUT.--MYSTERIOUS INTERRUPTIONS DURING THE
HUNT.

CHAPTER XXIV.
ROBBERY OF THE CART.--CAPTURE OF STEEL SPRING.

CHAPTER XXV.
STEEL SPRING'S HISTORY.

CHAPTER XXVI.
FINDING OF THE TREASURE.

CHAPTER XXVII.
CAPTURE OF ALL HANDS, BY THE BUSHRANGERS.

CHAPTER XXVIII.
OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT MURDEN AND HIS FORCE.--ROUT OF THE
BUSHRANGERS.

CHAPTER XXIX.
REVENGE OF THE BUSHRANGERS.--FIRING OF THE FOREST.

CHAPTER XXX.
PERILOUS SITUATION DURING THE FIRE.--STEEL SPRING TURNS
UP.

CHAPTER XXXI.
CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGERS, AND DEATH OF NOSEY.

CHAPTER XXXII.
RETURN TO THE STOCKMAN'S HUT.--SMITH IN LOVE.

CHAPTER XXXIII.
RECOVERY OF THE GOLD.--ARRIVAL AT BALLARAT.

CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE BULLY OF BALLARAT.--FRED FIGHTS A DUEL.

CHAPTER XXXV.
BALLARAT CUSTOMS, AFTER A DUEL.

CHAPTER XXXVI.
ARRIVAL AT BALLARAT.--MR. BROWN'S STORY.

CHAPTER XXXVII.
FINDING OF A 110 LB. NUGGET.--CAVING IN OF A MINE.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
INCIDENTS IN LIFE AT BALLARAT.

CHAPTER XXXIX.
ATTEMPT OF THE HOUSEBREAKER.--ATTACK BY THE SNAKE.

CHAPTER XL.
DEATH OF THE BURGLAR BY THE SNAKE.

CHAPTER XLI.
VISIT TO SNAKES' PARADISE.

CHAPTER XLII.
FLIGHT FROM THE SNAKES.--ATTACKED BY THE BUSHRANGERS.

CHAPTER XLIII.
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO BALLARAT, WITH THE BUSHRANGERS.

CHAPTER XLIV.
THRASHING A BULLY.

CHAPTER XLV.
A YOUNG GIRL'S ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF HER LOVER.

CHAPTER XLVI.
A MARRIAGE, AND AN ELOPEMENT.

CHAPTER XLVII.
COLLECTING TAXES OF THE MINERS.

CHAPTER XLVIII.
MURDE