CHAPTER XV.

LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.-- WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.-- THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.-- POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.-- PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE: THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.-- CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.-- HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.-- HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES. 388