...the dark forest was alive with birds and insects, — on such scenery I had loved to meditate when a boy, but now how changed I was ; — wounded, fatigued,...condition, — whilst I felt that I was dying there."— Pp. 147—155. Our extracts have been already so long that we can only find space to say that the grand...

...land. In momentary expectation of being attacked, my finger was on the trigger, my gun ready to he raised, my eyes and ears busily engaged in detecting...this way very many explorers yearly die. One poor youth,i my own friend and companion, has thus fallen since the circumstances above described took place...

...such as many a one beside himself has made in the Australian wilds under the same circumstances: — "The loveliness of nature was around me ; the sun...friends far away, and unapprehensive of my condition. " And in this way very many explorers yearly die. One youth, my own friend and companion — Mr. Frederick...

...that we were far from the encampment, whilst my sight and strength were momentarily failing. . . . The loveliness of Nature was around me, the sun rejoicing...there. And in this way very many explorers yearly die. ... A strange sun shines upon their lonely graves, SIR GEORGE GEEV.] PERIL AND PRIVATION. 115 the foot...

...that we were far from the encampment, whilst my sight and strength were momentarily failing. . . . The loveliness of Nature was around me, the sun rejoicing...there. And in this way very many explorers yearly die. ... A strange sun shines upon their lonely graves, the foot of the wild man yet roams over them; but...

...detecting the slightest sounds, that I might defend a life which I, at that moment, Twlwved w»s eMiiflg with my blood away. The loveliness of nature was around...condition, whilst I felt that I was dying there." For more than a fortnight he was unable to proceed any further. During the first night, while he was...