OF

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOKS.

EDITED BY

THOS. A. BOWDEN, B.A., Oxon.
(Late Government Inspector of Schools)

AND

SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE SCHOOLS IN NEW ZEALAND AND THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

FOURTH READING BOOK.

No. 1.

SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALASIA,

TOGETHER WITH

SELECTIONS FROM BRITISH NATIONAL POETRY.

LONDON:

GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET.

LIVERPOOL CAXTON BUILDINGS, SOUTH JOHN STREET. SOLD AT THE "NEW ZEALAND EDUCATIONAL DEPOSITORY," WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.

1872.

[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

Captain Sturt's Explorations in South Australia,

Explorations in North-Western Australia, .

Kangaroo Hunting,

Explorations in South Australia,

Explorations in Western Australia,

Death of Burke and Wills, .

First Discovery of New Zealand,

Captain Cook's First Visit to New Zealand,

Captain Cook at Queen Charlotte Sound,

Captain Cook's Second Visit to New Zealand,

Captain Cook's Third Visit to New Zealand,

Journey to the Interior of (N. Island) New Zealand, Hochstetter

Journey up the Waikato,

Approach to Lake Taupo,

Hot Springs on the Waikato,

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