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The Gold Hunters' Adventures: Or, Life in Australia
Autor: Thomes, William H.
Nakladatelství:
Books LLC
ISBN: 9781770459090
Původní cena:
912 Kč
Vaše cena:
829 Kč
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Excerpt: GOLD HUNTER'S ADVENTURES; OR, LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. BY WILLIAM H. THOMES A RETURNED AUSTRALIAN. Illustrated by Champney. BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION13 CHAPTER I. FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOING TO AUSTRALIA.DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA.LIFE ON BOARD SHIP.ARRIVAL AT WILLIAMS TOWN.DESCRIPTION OF MELBOURNE.A CONVICT'S HUT.15 CHAPTER II. A MORNING IN AUSTRALIA.JOURNEY TO MINES OF BALLARAT.THE CONVICT'S STORY.BLACK DARNLEY, THE BUSHRANGER.20 CHAPTER III. TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.AN ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES.CARRYING THE MAILS.29 CHAPTER IV. EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.AUSTRALIAN SPEAKS AND AMERICAN RIFLES.34 CHAPTER V. THE SOLITARY STOCKMAN.SHOOTING A KANGAROO.41 CHAPTER VI. ADVENTURE WITH A DOG.THE MURDER IN THE RAVINE.STORY OF AN OUTRAGED WOMAN.47 CHAPTER VII. BLACK DARNLEY'S VILLANY.THE CONVICT STOCKMAN.56 CHAPTER VIII. AN EXPEDITION.A FIGHT WITH BUSHRANGERS.DEATH OF BLACK DARNLEY.61 CHAPTER IX. THE STOCKMAN'S DAUGHTER.MOUNTED POLICE OF MELBOURNE.68 CHAPTER X. DESPERATE DEEDS OF TWO CONVICTS.LIEUT. MURDEN'S STORY.73 CHAPTER XI. SAGACITY OF A DOG.A NIGHT'S ADVENTURES.79 CHAPTER XII. DISCOVERY OF A MASONIC RING.FUNERAL PYRE OF BLACK DARNLEY.87 CHAPTER XIII. THE STOCKMAN AND HIS PARROT.DARING PLOT OF A ROBBER CHIEFTAIN....Hodnocení uživatelů:
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