For the Term of His Natural Life
1874
Marcus Clarke
Dedication
Prologue
Book I.—The Sea. 1827.
The Prison Ship
Sarah Purfoy
The Monotony Breaks
The Hospital
The Barracoon
The Fate of the “Hydaspes”
Typhus Fever
A Dangerous Crisis
Woman’s Weapons
Eight Bells
Discoveries and Confessions
A Newspaper Paragraph
Book II.—Macquarie Harbour. 1833.
The Topography of Van Diemen’s Land
The Solitary of “Hell’s Gates”
A Social Evening
The Bolter
Sylvia
A Leap in the Dark
The Last of Macquarie Harbour
The Power of the Wilderness
The Seizure of the “OSprey”
John Rex’s Revenge
Left at “Hell’s Gates”
“Mr.” Dawes
What the Seaweed Suggested
A Wonderful Day’s Work
The Coracle
The Writing on the Sand
At Sea
Book III.—Port Arthur. 1838.
A Labourer in the Vineyard
Sarah Purfoy’s Request
The Story of Two Birds of Prey
“The Notorious Dawes”
Maurice Frere’s Good Angel
Mr. Meekin Administers Consolation
Rufus Dawes’s Idyll
An Escape
John Rex’s Letter Home
What Became of the Mutineers of the “Osprey”
A Relic of Macquarie Harbour
At Port Arthur
The Commandant’s Butler
Mr. North’s Indisposition
One Hundred Lashes
Kicking Against the Pricks
Captain and Mrs. Frere
In the Hospital
The Consolations of Religion
A Natural Penitentiary
A Visit of Inspection
Gathering in the Threads
Running the Gauntlet
In the Night
The Flight
The Work of the Sea
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Book IV.—Norfolk Island. 1846.
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
The Lost Heir
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
Mr. Richard Devine Surprised
In Which the Chaplain is Taken Ill
Breaking a Man’s Spirit
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
The Longest Straw
A Meeting
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North
Mr. North Speaks
Getting Ready for Sea
The Discovery
Fifteen Hours
The Redemption
The Cyclone
Epilogue
Appendix
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