CHAPTER I.

_THE FLOATING OF THE DAYSPRING._

PAGE Preliminary Note 1 Call for a Mission Ship 2 A Brutal Captain 3 Sun-Worshippers, or Slaves? 5 The Lights of Sydney 6 Thrown upon the Lord 7 Mr. Foss’s Open Door 8 Climbing into Pulpits 9 Shipping Company for Jesus 10 The Golden Shower 12 Wanted! More Missionaries 13 Commissioned to Scotland 14 Wayside Incidents of Australian Travel 16 Lost in the Bush 17 Sinking in the Swamp 21 Put through my Catechism 23 “Do for the Parson!” 24 Crossing the Colony on Novel Conditions 25 Pay-Day at a Squatter’s 29 Three Days in a Public House 31 A Meeting among the Diggers 35 Camping Out 37 A Squatter Rescued 39 John Gilpin’s Ride through the Bush 40