CHAPTER VI.

The Capital of Queensland.--Public Gardens.--Gold Mines and Gold Mining.--Pleasant Excursion.--Inducements to Emigrants. --Coolie Principle of Labor.--Agricultural Products.--Sugar Plantations.--Australian Aborigines.--Cannibalism.--Civil Wars.--Indian Legends.--Fire-arms and Fire-water.--Missionary Efforts.--A Brief Romance.--The Boomerang.--The Various Tribes. --Antiquity of these Lands 126-151