CHAPTER X.

The Discovery of Australia—Transportation of Convicts—Discipline

—English Laws, Ancient and Modern—Flogging Prisoners to Death—Arrival

of

Settlers—New South Wales Corps—Rum Currency—Intemperance Everywhere

—$100,000 for One Gallon of Rum—Development of the Country—Immense

Resources

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