Excerpt from Opals and Agates: Or, Scenes Under, the Southern Cross and the Magelhans; Being Memories of Fifty Years of Australia and Polynesia Xvyndomel, pages 1 - 3. Voyage Out, 4. Tasmania(1849),5 - 6. Bagdad, 7. Mt. Ivellington, 8 - 9. Off to California, 11. Tahiti and Eimeo, 13 - 17. Raiatea and Samoa, 19 - 20. Caroline Island, 21 - 27. Honolulu, 28 - 34. San Francisco 35 - 41. Norfolk Island, 42 - 43. Lakes of Tasmania, 44. Launceston Races 45. The Turf, 46 Melbourne 48 - 50. The Turon 51 - 55. Sydney Banking Life 56 - 57. Overlanding 58 - 60. Paika and the Mallee, 61 - 66. Riverina 67. From Melbourne to Sydney, 68 - 69. An Australian in London, 70 - 88. Site and Topography of Brisbane, 89 - 98. Early Journeys to the Burnett and Darling Downs, 99 - 121. General Reminiscences of Sydney, Melbourne, and Moreton Bay, 122 - 142. Holt's Election, and Other Events of 1856, 143 - 148. Other Reminiscences of Queensland, 149 - 163. Forty Years Ago - Memories of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Hobart, 164 - 174. The Delpard Family in Sydney, 175 - 180. With Cattle to Cape York Peninsula, 181 - 200. Sinbad's Valley, 201 - 204. Australian Folk Lore, 205. Aladdin's Opals, 206 - 207. What the \vild \vaves were Saying, 208 - 212. I he Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 212 - 217. The Genius of Australia, 217 - 218. Australian Shells and Butterflies, 218 - 220. Sun-chips, 220 - 222. Australian Gums, Oils, Timbers, &c., 222 - 224. The Cascade of the Barron River, 225 227. About Clubs, 228 - 230. The Birth of Queensland, 231. Queensland Champion Race of 232 - 235. The Duke of Edinburgh in Brisbane, 235 - 236. Yuletide in Sydney, 236 - 243. Lord Harris in Sydney, 243 - 247. The Garden Palace in Sydney, 247 - 251. The Princes' Visit 251 - 252. International Cricket (ivo Bligh) 1883, 252 - 257. Krakatoa Earthquake 257 - 260. Melbourne in 1888, 260 - 265. The Darling River 50 Years Ago, 266 - 268. A Chapter on Sentiment, 268 - 272. About Bullock-drivers, 272 - 274. Some Statistics of Nuggets, 275 - 277. Home sickness, 277 - 279. Ode to a Piccaninny, 279 - 282. A Brisbane Reverie, 282 - 283. The Brisbane Cup, 285. W'hite \vaistcoats, 286. Mosquito Baiting, 287. Laycock and Beach, 289. Good Old Times, 290. Usury, 292. The Melbourne Cup, 293. Gothenburg Wreck, 294. On Love, 295. On Education, 297. Our Boys, 298. Good and Evil, 299. Ivholesale and Retail, 300. Feminine Prose, 301. Captain Clinch of the Swordfish, 301. Milton in 1875, 302. Petrie's Bight 304. 304. Fuimus, 306. South Sea Murder, 301. Brisbane in 1822, 308. Bridget, 309. The \vorld's Climates, 311. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.