For the Term of His Natural Life

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PREFACE PROLOGUE BOOK ONE The Sea―1827 1. The Prison Ship 2. Sarah Purfoy 3. The Monotony Breaks 4. The Hospital 5. The Barracoon 6. The Fate of the "Hydaspes" 7. Typhus Fever 8. A Dangerous Crisis 9. Woman's Weapons 10. Eight Bells 11. Discoveries and Confessions 12. A Newspaper Paragraph BOOK TWO Macquarie Harbour―1833 13. The Typography of Van Dieman's Land 14. The Solitary of "Hell Gates" 15. A Social Evening 16. The Bolter 17. Sylavia 18. A Leap in the Dark 19. The Last of Macquarie Harbour 20. The Power of the Wilderness 21. The Seizure of the "Osprey" 22. John Rex's Revenge 23. Left at "Hell's Gates" 24. "Mr." Dawes 25. What the Seaweed Suggested 26. A Wonderful Day's Work 27. The Coracle 28. The Writing on the Sand 29. At Sea BOOK THREE Port Arthur―1938 30. The Labourer in the Vineyard 31. Sarah Purfoy's Request 32. The Story of the Two Birds of Prey 33. The Notorious "Dawes" 34. Maurice Frere's Good Angel 35. Mr. Meekin Administers Consolation 36. Rufus Dawes's Idyll 37. An Escape 38. John Rex's Letter Home 39. What Became of the Mutineers of the "Osprey" 40. A Relic of Macquarie Harbour 41. At Port Arthur 42. The Commandant's Butler 43. Mr. North's Indisposition 44. One Hundred Lashes 45. Kicking Against the Pricks 46. Captain and Mrs. Frere 47. In the Hospital 48. The Consolations of Religion 49. "A Natural Penitentiary" 50. A Visit of Inspection 51. Gathering in the Threads 52. Running the Gauntlet 53. In the Night 54. The Flight 55. The Work of the Sea 56. The Valley of the Shadow of Death BOOK FOUR Norfolk Island―1846 57. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North 58. The Lost Heir 59. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North 60. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North 61. Mr Richard Devine Surprised 62. In Which the Chaplain is taken Ill 63. Breaking a Man's Spirit 64. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North 65. The Longest Straw 66. A Meeting 67. Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North 68. The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North 69. Mr. North Speaks 70. Getting Ready for Sea 71. The Discovery 72. Fifteen Hours 73. The Redemption 74. The Cyclone EPILOGUE APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY