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About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http : //books . google . com/ Spittistwcts m • ' FOB, ALL COLOKIAL DISEASES^ " For want of timely care Millions have died of Medicable Wounds," DR. L. L. SMITH'S VfMTABLE PiLLS. The curative power of these celebrated Pills is now generally recognised. After a severe struggle with the prejudices of the uninformed on the one hand, and the interested views of ptofessional men on the other, Dr. L. L. Smith has established the reputation of his Pills as the Best Domestic Medicine known in the Colony. Even Medical Men at length acknowledge the peculiar efficacy of this wonderful medicine in the diseases most common to these Colonies. » TESTIMONIALS • H DAILY ARRIVING FROM ALL PARTS of the colonies, prove that Dr. L. L. Smith's Vegetable Pills are at once the H safest, best, and most powerful remedial agent ever offered to the public. EVERT CLIMATE PRODUCES PECULIAR FORMS OF DISEASE. > And requires a specific medicine to alleviate suffering and prolong life. In following this idea to its legitimate conclusion. Dr. L. L. Smith has incurred the rancorous opposition of his professional brethren, as a dangerous inno­ B vator on their ancient usages; but, heedless of their senseless clamor, he appealed to masses, and their verdict—the voice of the people—has proclaimed the triumph of modern science over mere routine and formal old fogyism. DR. L. L. SMITH'S CONSULTING ROOMS ARE CROWDED His extensive and varied practice, the large number of cases daily passing under hU observation, give him an immense advantage ever Surgeons of less repute. DR. L. L. SMITH'S VEGETABLE PILLS n Have now been advertised and sold throughout the Colonies during more than five years, and not a single complaint of their inefflcacy has been heard during that period. The general Public will perceive the powerful P 1 though silent testimony thus borne to the worth of Dr. Smith's invaluable medicine. These Pills maybe obtained of every respectable Chemist and Storekeeper in Town and Country, In Boxes at 2t. 6cL, 5s., and 10s., A considerable Saving is- effected by taking the Larger Size. No Pills are genuine unless they have the signature, LOUIS L. SMITH, on a red cover surrounding each box, and on the fid inside a Portrait of the Doctor. ._ DR L. L. SMITH Can be consulted Daily, gratis, before Eleven in the Morning, and between Six and Nine at Night, at * ' 197, BOURKE STREET, EAST, MELBOURNE $rtt$tralasiatk §tomraanas* &£it,duA€tj ^c^cAn^A^-o^ LAURELS for Leichhardt! in Australia's name Evergreen laurels bind around his brow, If Enterprise her guerdon still may claim Conquest and worth to crown, bestow them now; t* AUSTRALASIATIC REMINISCENCES or i •TWENTY-THREE YEARS* WANDERINGS or TASMANIA AND THE ATJSTRALIAS; INCLUDING TKAVELS WITH DR. LEICHHARDT IN NORTH OR TROPICAL AUSTRALIA. BY DANIEL BUNCE, Author of. "Hortus Tasmaniensis," "Guide to the Linncean System of Botany," "Australian Manual of Horticulture, " Aborigines of Australia," &c. &c. PRICE EIGHT SHILLINGS. MELBOURNE: PUBLISHED BY J. T. HENDY, 74, SMITH STREET; PRINTED BY W. FAIRFAX AND CO., 78, COLLINS STREET, EAST. SOLO BY ALL BOOKSELLERS, 1867. W. FAIRFAX AND CO., Printers and Publishers, 78, Collins Street, East, Melbourne. PBEFACE. IN submitting the present work to the notice of the public, the Author tenders his warmest thanks to his numerous subscribers, and his apology for the delay which has unavoidably taken place in its publication. He would, also, take the present opportunity of claiming the usual indulgence for any little shortcomings that may be apparent in the course of its perusal. As its title imports, it is simply a record of the incidents of travel, during a period of twenty-three years, over a great portion of Australasia. Statistics and dry detail have been avoided, as being more peculiarly the task of the historian. Should it, however, afford a few hours' amusement to the reader, the Author's object will have been amply attained. DANIEL BUNCE. CONTENTS. TASMANIA. Portrait of Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt to face title page. PREFACE. CHAPTER I. Page. Introduction 1 CHAPTER II. Chronological View of Tasmania from the Time of its Discovery, in the Year 1646 - - 3 CHAPTER HI. Arrival in the Colony, and Excursion to Mount Wellington 10 CHAPTER IV. Hobart Town: Travels through the Interior, with Remarks on the Geographical and Botanical Features, Incidents in Relation to the Abo­ rigines, &c. 24 CHAPTER V. Travels through the Country continued - - 31 11 CONTENTS. CHAPTER VI. Page. Continuation of Travels 37 CHAPTER VIL Launceston: Journey continued from thence to George Town, New Norfolk, Bothwell, Last Resting Place of the Notorious Bushranger, Michael Howe, Mount Pleasant, and the Hermitage - - - - - - 61 CHAPTER VIII. Journey concluded. A Bush Scene with the Abo­ rigines, with Remarks on that unfortunate Race, now extinet ----- 53 CHAPTER IX. Tasmania concluded—Introduction of first En­ glish Fruit and Forest Trees—Primitive" Cur­ rency of the Time—Arrival of Two Native Chiefs from Port Phillip, with Buckley, the "Wild White Man" 67 AUSTRALIA. CHAPTER X. Page. Arrival in Melbourne—The Settlement Described 62 CHAPTER XL Excursion to Western Port with a Tribe of Abo­ rigines, and Return to the Settlement - - 64 CONTENTS, HI CHAPTER XH. Narrative of Dr. Leichhardt's Expedition, with Striking Incidents and General Remarks on the Aborigines—Geology, Geography, Natural History, and otther Interesting Particulars 79 Expedition to the Westward of Darling Downs. By Dr. Leichhardt 197 Table of Elevations and Observations - - - 204 Leichhardt's Final Start on the Last Expedition, and Latest Intelligence before Entering the the Wilderness 207 Leichhardt's Grave - 209 Treachery and Murder by, and Encounter with, the Fitzroy Downs' Natives - - - - 210 Return to Melbourne 213 Expedition down the Murray River to Encounter Bay—Gold Discovery, Poetically and in Reality 214 Stanzas 215 ERRATA. Page 4, line 27 from top, for "Adventure Bay was an ifaand," read " Brune Island was." Page'18, line 5 from top, for "man of war Hyacinth," read " Steamer, ' Sea Horse.'" Page 6, fifth lino from top, for "south," read "north." Page 74, thirty-third line from top, for "head," read "hand * Page 64, for "Chapter II.," read "Chapter XI." Page 79, for " Chapter IX.," read " Chapter XII." AUSTRALASIATIC REMINISCENCES. INTRODUCTION. TASMANIA. IN commencing the first chapter of the " Re­ miniscences," we shall abandon the old and hackneyed style universally adopted by all pre­ vious writers on the colony, who usually com­ mence with, " Tasmania is an island;" or, " This interesting island lies between the parallels of 41 degrees 20 minutes and 43 degrees 40 minutes south, and between the meridians 144 degrees 40 minutes, and 148 degrees 20 minutes, of east longitude." Of course, Tasmania is an island, &c.