Steve Brown's Bunyip, and other stories ... With introductory verses by Rudyard Kipling. Fifth edition

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ETC. a Hub ©tber Stories BY JOHN ARTHUR BARRY ("L.L.") WITH INTRODUCTORY VERSES BY RUDYARD KIPLING FIFTH EDITION REMINGTON & CO., LIMITED IS KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON; AND SYDNEY. 1893. All Rights reserved. A UTHOR'S NOTE. These stories and sketches have been, for the most part, written in the rare intervals of leisure afforded by a roving life over sea and land ; and are, in many instances, records of personal adventure. They have appeared, from time to time, in the Austral asian, Sydney Mail, Queenslander, Town and Coutitry Journal, Australasian Fastoralists' Review, and the Pall Mall Gazette. And to the Editors and Proprietors of these papers, the best thanks of the author are due, for many years of kindly encouragement. John Arthur Barry. CON TEN T S. PAGE Introduction xi Steve Brown's Bunvip i Dead Man's Camp n The Shanghai-ing of Peter Barlow ... 20 'Ex Sardanapalus ' 31 'Mo-Poke' 51 Keeping School at 'Dead Finish' .... 60 'Number One North Rainbow' 71 The Protection of the 'Sparrowhawk' . . . 91 The Duke of Silversheen 105 The Officer in Charge 116 ' Sojur Jim' contexts.

PAGE Far Inland Football 136 On the Grand Stand 146 Too Far South 164 The Mission to Dingo Creek 179 Books at Barracaboo 192 ' Barton's Jackaroo ' 208 Told in the 'Corona's' Cabin 229 ' Dot's Claim ' 265 A Cape Horn Christmas