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Settlers and Convicts, believed to be by Alexander Harris, closely follows the tale of a settler in New South Wales who must help his group farm, create a woodcut, and build houses. Contents: "Chapter I. Arrival at Sydney. Perambulation of SydneyThe marketDungaree settlers over their pipesThe wharvesThe harbor by moonlightThe St. Giles's of Sydney Chapter II. Convict Discipline. Magistrates' law in former timesDark doings at iron-gangsMilitary justicesA flogging-scene at Bathurst GaolFlogging to extort confessionA prosecutor and judge all in one."