I Vist the Antipodes
by Cherry Kearton (9781406721485)

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. DEDICATED TO CAPTAIN COOK . . .11 II. SYDNEY, Zoo, NATIONAL PARK . . .21 III. HOMESTEAD . . . . . .51 IV. SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE . . . - 57 V. THE PLATYPUS ...... 75 VI. THE KOOKABURRA . . . . .91 VII. THE LYRE-BIRD . . . . . 101 VIII. THE STUMP-TAILED LIZARD, AND GIANT EARTH-WORM . . . . .113 IX. THE ECHIDNA, OR SPINY ANT-EATER . .121 X. THE FLYING SQUIRRELS AND OPOSSUMS, THE WOMBAT, THE EMU, AND KOALA BEAR . 127 XL THE KANGAROO . . . . .141 XII. THE ANT AND X-RAY SPIDER . . .151 XIII. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE ABORIGINALS 157 XIV. LEAVING AUSTRALIA FOR NEW ZEALAND . 165 XV. AUCKLAND . . . . . 173 XVI. GLOW-WORM CAVES 187 XVII. THERMAL REGION . . . . 197 XVIII. VOLCANOES . .... 205 EPILOGUE . . . . . .217 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE AUTHOR WITH AN INQUISITIVE FRIEND . . Frontispiece FACING PAGE CAPTAIN JAMES OOK AND HIS MONUMENT AT WHITBY . 1 6 MARTON CHURCH WHERE CAPTAIN COOK WAS BAPTISED, 1728 . . . . . . . - 17 THE GOOD SHIP ENDEAVOUR . . . 17 BUFFALO IN THE RICE-FIELDS OF JAVA . . - 32 TWO OF THE MANY EXAMPLES OF STONE CARVING, BOROBUDUR TEMPLE, JAVA . . . 33 THE BOWER-BIRD, SKILLED BUILDER, PAINTER AND DECORATOR . . . Between pages 40 and 4 1 THE HAUNT OF THE KINGFISHER IN THE NATIONAL PARK, NEAR SYDNEY . Between pages 40 and 4 1 SEA STUDIES FRIGATE BIRD AND ALBATROSS Between pages 40 and 4 1 ZANE GREY WITH HIS CATCH . Between pages 41 and 41 A SEA OF REFLECTIONS . . Between pages 40 and 41 THE KOOKABURRA AND HIS GIRL FRIEND . . .48 FEMALE AND MALE LYRE-BIRDS . . . .49 WHAT is IT ANSWER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAGE ........ 64 THE LYRE-BIRD, MASTER MIMIC AND DANCER . . 65 How THE KOALA BEAR CARRIES HER BABY Between pages 72 and 73 FASCINATING BUNDLES OF SOFTFUR STARED AT ME IN WONDER .... Between pages 72 and 73 THE KOALA BEAR FEEDING AND RESTING Between pages 72 and 73 MOLOCHS OR THORNY DEVILS . Between pages 72 and 73 THE ECHIDNA OR SPINY ANT-EATER Between pages 72 and 73 SPLASH ENTERING THE WATER AND FEEDING FROM THE HAND ....... 80 THE PLATYPUS . . . . . . .81 THE THREE SISTERS BLUE MOUNTAINS ... 96 KOOKABURRA LAUGHING ...... 96 THE MINARET GENOLAN CAVES . . . - 97 MAJESTIC WATERFALLS . . Between pages 104 and 105 7 8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE EMU ..... Between pages 104 and 105 ONE METHOD OF TRANSPORT IN THE ANIMAL WORLD Between pages 104 and 105 TOILET FIRST AND THEN AWAY, HOPPING TWELVE TO SIXTEEN FEET AT A TIME . Between pages 104 and 105 THE STUMP-TAILED OR TWO-HEADED LIZARD . .112 THE OPOSSUM . . . . . . .112 WOMBAT . . . . . . . .113 AFRICAN ANT-HILL . . . . . . .128 AUSTRALIAN ANT-HILL . . . . . .128 THIS is NOT A FOOTBALL TEAM . . .129 HALF A SHAVE DENOTES RANK . . . .129 KANGAROO VALLEY . . Between pages 136 and 137 THE HAUNT OF THE PLATYPUS Between pages 136 and 137 BEARDED LIZARDS AND COMMON LIZARD Between pages 136 and 137 THE TUATARA . . . Between pages 136 and 137 LOVELY FOREST SCENERY . . . . .144 STALACTITES IN THE GLOW-WORM CAVES . . . 145 GLOW-WORM THREADS HANGING FROM THE ROOF TO CATCH FLIES . . . . . . .160 NATURES CANDLES . . . . . .161 LAKE ROTORUA . . . Between pages 1 68 and 1 69 FAIRY SPRINGS AND RAINBOW TROUT ROTORUA Between pages 168 and 169 GEYSER THROWING BOILING WATER TO A HEIGHT OF SIXTY FEET WHILST CLOSE BY CHILDREN ENJOY A WARM BATH ROTORUA . Between pages 1 68 and 169 HOT SPRINGS AT WAIRAKEI . Between pages 168 and 169 A CHARMING MAORI GIRL . . . . .176 RANGI 177 CROWS NEST GEYSER BY THE SIDEOF THE RIVER . .192 KEAS THE NEW ZEALAND PARROT . . . . 193 BUBBLING MUD POOLS . . . . . . 193 NATURES TRANSFORMATION SCENE. SUMMER MT. NGAURUHOE, TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK Between pages 200 and 201 WINTER. MT...

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