Volume 1, Chapter 1: A bushrangers story - My plan of exploration - Preparations - Departure from Sydney - A Garden - Country between Sydney and The Hawkesbury - Summit of Warrawolong - Natives of Brisbane Water - The Wollombi - Valley of The Hunter - Fossils of The Hunter - Men employed on the expedition - Equipment - Burning Grass - Aborigines and Colonists - "Cambo", a wild native - A colonist of the right sort - Escape of the bushranger, "The Barber" - Burning hill of "Wingen" - Approach Liverpool Range - Cross it - A sick tribe - Interior Waters - Liverpool Plains - Proposed Route - Horses astray - A squatter - Native guide and his gin - Modes of drinking "au naturel" - Woods on fire - Cross the Turi Range - Arrive on the River Peel - Fishes - Another native guide - Explore the Peel.