Introduction | p. ix |
Preface | p. 1 |
Prologue | p. 3 |
The Sea - 1827 | |
The Prison Ship | p. 15 |
Sarah Purfoy | p. 23 |
The Monotony Breaks | p. 32 |
The Hospital | p. 36 |
The Barracoon | p. 41 |
The Fate of the Hydaspes | p. 48 |
Typhus Fever | p. 58 |
A Dangerous Crisis | p. 66 |
Woman's Weapons | p. 74 |
Eight Bells | p. 79 |
Discoveries and Confessions | p. 89 |
A Newspaper Paragraph | p. 93 |
Macquarie Harbour - 1833 | |
The Topography of Van Dieman's Land | p. 97 |
The Solitary of "Hell's Gates" | p. 101 |
A Social Evening | p. 105 |
The Bolter | p. 116 |
Sylvia | p. 120 |
A Leap in the Dark | p. 124 |
The Last of Macquarie Harbour | p. 132 |
The Power of the Wilderness | p. 138 |
The Seizure of the Osprey | p. 145 |
John Rex's Revenge | p. 152 |
Left at "Hell's Gates" | p. 159 |
"Mr." Dawes | p. 172 |
What the Seaweed Suggested | p. 181 |
A Wonderful Day's Work | p. 186 |
The Coracle | p. 194 |
The Writing on the Sand | p. 201 |
At Sea | p. 206 |
Port Arthur - 1838 | |
A Labourer in the Vineyard | p. 215 |
Sarah Purfoy's Request | p. 228 |
The Story of Two Birds of Prey | p. 239 |
"The Notorious Dawes" | p. 248 |
Maurice Frere's Good Angel | p. 257 |
Mr. Meekin Administers Consolation | p. 262 |
Rufus Dawes's Idyll | p. 268 |
An Escape | p. 273 |
John Rex's Letter Home | p. 277 |
What Became of the Mutineers of the Osprey | p. 287 |
A Relic of Macquarie Harbour | p. 301 |
At Port Arthur | p. 304 |
The Commandant's Butler | p. 309 |
Mr. North's Indisposition | p. 314 |
One Hundred Lashes | p. 323 |
Kicking Against the Pricks | p. 329 |
Captain and Mrs. Frere | p. 334 |
In the Hospital | p. 339 |
The Consolation of Religion | p. 343 |
"A Natural Penitentiary" | p. 347 |
A Visit of Inspection | p. 351 |
Gathering in the Threads | p. 361 |
Running the Gauntlet | p. 374 |
In the Night | p. 381 |
The Flight | p. 388 |
The Work of the Sea | p. 393 |
The Valley of the Shadow of Death | p. 406 |
Norfolk Island - 1846 | |
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North | p. 417 |
The Lost Heir | p. 429 |
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North | p. 441 |
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North | p. 449 |
Mr. Richard Devine Surprised | p. 454 |
In Which the Chaplain is Taken Ill | p. 459 |
Breaking a Man's Spirit | p. 467 |
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North | p. 472 |
The Longest Straw | p. 477 |
A Meeting | p. 483 |
Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North | p. 491 |
The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North | p. 495 |
Mr. North Speaks | p. 501 |
Getting Ready for Sea | p. 507 |
The Discovery | p. 517 |
Fifteen Hours | p. 523 |
The Redemption | p. 526 |
The Cyclone | p. 532 |
Epilogue | p. 538 |
Appendix | p. 539 |
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