For the Term of His Natural Life

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TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PROLOGUE; BOOK ONE: The Sea-1827; 1. The Prison Ship; 2. Sarah Purfoy; 3. The Monotony Breaks; 4. The Hospital; 5. The Barracoon; 6. The Fate of the "Hydaspes"; 7. Typhus Fever; 8. A Dangerous Crisis; 9. Woman's Weapons; 10. Eight Bells; 11. Discoveries and Confessions; 12. A Newspaper Paragraph; BOOK TWO: Macquarie Harbour-1833; 13. The Topography of Van Diemen's Land; 14. The Solitary of " Hell's Gates "; 15. A Social Evening; 16. The Bolter; 17. Sylvia; 18. A Leap in the Dark; 19. The Last of Macquarie Harbour; 20. The Power of the Wilderness. 21. The Seizure of the " Osprey "22. John Rex's Revenge; 23. Left at " Hell's Gates "; 24. "Mr." Dawes; 25. What the Seaweed Suggested; 26. A Wonderful Day's Work; 27. The Coracle; 28. The Writing on the Sand; 29. At Sea; BOOK THREE: Port Arthur-1838; 30. A Labourer in the Vineyard; 31. Sarah Purfoy's Request; 32. The Story of Two Birds of Prey; 33." The Notorious Dawes"; 34. Maurice Frere's Good Angel; 35. Mr. Meekin Adminsters Consolation; 36. Rufus Dawes's Idyll; 37. An Escape; 38. John Rex's Letter Home; 39. What Became of the Mutineers of the " Osprey "; 40. A Relic of Macquarie Harbour. 41. At Port Arthur42. The Commandant's Butler; 43. Mr. North's Indisposition; 44. One Hundred Lashes; 45. Kicking Against the Pricks; 46. Captain and Mrs. Frere; 47. In the Hospital; 48. The Consolations of Religion; 49. "A Natural Penitentiary"; 50. A Visit of Inspection; 51. Gathering in the Threads; 52. Running the Gauntlet; 53. In the Night; 54. The Flight; 55. The Work of the Sea; 56. The Valley of the Shadow of Death; BOOK FOUR: Norfolk Island-1846; 57. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North; 58. The Lost Heir; 59. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North. 60. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North61. Mr. Richard Devine Surprised; 62. In Which the Chaplain is taken III; 63. Breaking a Man's Spirit; 64. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North; 65. The Longest Straw; 66. A Meeting; 67. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North; 68. The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North; 69. MR. North Speaks; 70. Getting Ready for Sea; 7I. The Discovery; 72. Fifteen Hours; 73. The Redemption; 74. The Cyclone; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY