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  CHAPTER XXI. 281-292

  The Approach to the Prison.--Baldabella's Stratagem.--The Release of the Captive.--Wilkins's Tale of Trials.--A Well.--The Potato Crop.--The Flying Opossum.--The Salt Plant.--Preparations for a Siege

  CHAPTER XXII. 293-305

  Peter's last Stratagem.--Firing the Fortress.--The Watch-tower.--The Welcome Rain.--The Close Siege.--The Conflict.--The Defeat of Peter.--The Fortress Abandoned.--Once more on the Road.--Resting in the Wilds

  CHAPTER XXIII. 306-317

  A Bark Sledge.--The Friendly Tribe.--The Wild Melon.--A Nocturnal Alarm.--The Wombats.--The Bivouac on the Heath.--The Savages again.--Away to the South

  CHAPTER XXIV. 318-330

  The Dry Wilderness.--Despair.--The Coming-down of the Waters.--The Discomfited Savages.--Hunger and Thirst.--The Footsteps in the Mud.--A Pond.--The Talegalla and its Nest.--The Valley of Promise.--The River to the South

  CHAPTER XXV. 331-343

  Boat-building again.--Unlucky Ruth.--The Woods on Fire.--Dangers on Land and Water.--The Wounded Girl.--A Home among the Mountains.--The Bottle-tree.--The Bee-hunt.--Bean-coffee.--The Lost Hunters

  CHAPTER XXVI. 344-355

  The Search for the Lost.--The Fig-tree.--Signals.--The Wanderers Found.--The Wounded Boy.--The Sufferings of the Thirsty.--The Rescue and Return.--The Kangaroo Conflict.--A Strange Meeting.--The Bush-rangers.--The Miraculous Escape

  CHAPTER XXVII. 356-369

  The Eagle's Eyrie.--The Chaotic Solitude disturbed.--The Voluntary Prisoners.--The Report of the Spy.--The Foe at the Gates.--A Traitor in the Camp.--Dispersion of the Invaders.--A lucky Escape.--A pleasant Voyage

  CHAPTER XXVIII. 370-383

  The Cookery disturbed.--A Signal-rocket.--A Surprise and Capture.--Pillage.--The Taste of Gunpowder.--A Fatal Explosion.--The Contrivances of Necessity.--A Region of Famine.--Renewed Hopes.--An Unfair Advantage

  CHAPTER XXIX. 384-396

  A Seasonable Supply.--Visitors in the Night.--Captivity.--An Old Acquaintance.--The Ranger's Settlement.--An Embassy to Daisy Grange.--Jack in a New Office.--The Grateful Native Woman.--Davy's Compunction.--Bush-ranging Life

  CHAPTER XXX. 397-409

  A Proposal of Marriage.--Bill's Rejection and Revenge.--Pocket-picking.--Jack's Return.--Black Peter again.--Bush-ranging Merriment.--A Flight in the Dark.--An Emu-chase.--The disappointed Hunters.--Pursuit.--A Stratagem

  CHAPTER XXXI. 410-422

  The Sentinels in the Trees.--The End of Bill the Convict.--The Bush-rangers deceived.--A strange New Animal.--A Bloody Conflict.--The Mountain-pass.--The Fruit of the Acacia.--The Travellers in Custody.--The Court of Justice

  CHAPTER XXXII. 423-435

  Travellers' Wonders.--The Detective Force.--A Trap for the Rangers.--The Skirmish and the Victory.--Daisies in Australia.--The Constancy of Susan Raine.--The Trial and Sentence of the Natives.--Peter and his Colleagues

  CHAPTER XXXIII. 436-453

  A Chase over the Mountains.--The Frightful End of the Bush-ranger.--Ruth's Opinion.--The Cereopsis.--A Description of the Colony.--The Dingo.--The Cattle at Home.--The Park.--The Arrival at Daisy Grange

  CHAPTER XXXIV. 454-463

  The Comforts of Civilization.--Susan Raine.--The Hamlet and the Church.--Plans for the Future.--Mrs. Edward Deverell.--The Beauties of Daisy Grange

  THE KANGAROO HUNTERS.