CHAPTER VII.

Morning in the Forest.--Flying Foxes.--A Startling Snake- story.--Geographical.--Want of Irrigation.--Droughts.-- Immense Sheep-Runs.--Seeking a Shepherd Life.--Wonderful Gold Nuggets.--A "Welcome" Discovery.--Wool is King in Queensland. --The Chinese Population.--Education in Australia.--Peculiar Banking Business.--Waging War upon Kangaroos.--Journalism in Australia.--Proposed New Colony 152-176