They were unarmed; the old men sat in a half-moon upon the ground, the middle aged in the same figure, at a little distance from them; the younger men formed a third semicircle in the rear.

Before them stood William Penn,--a light blue sash, the only mark which distinguished him from his friends, bound round his waist.
"'Thou'lt find,' said the quaker, 'in me and mine, But friends and brothers to thee and thine, Who above no power, admit no line, Twixt the red man and the white.' And bright was the spot where the quaker came, To leave his hat, his drab, and his name, That will sweetly sound from the trumpet of fame, Till its final blast shall die." It is to be regretted that the speeches of the Indians on this memorable day have not come down to us.

It is only known that they solemnly pledged themselves to live with William Penn and his people in peace and amity so long as the sun and moon should endure.

This was the only treaty, it has been said, between these people and the Christians that was _not_ ratified by an oath, and that was _never_ broken.
AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER XVI.
PARLEY TELLS ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES.
At the termination of the American war, of which I have just given you a short account, the United States of America, which had been called by England her American Colonies, ceased to be any longer subject to Great Britain.
The province of Virginia, in America, had for a long time been the only authorized outlet for those criminals in Great Britain and Ireland, who had been sentenced to transportation.
It now became necessary for the English government to fix upon some other country, to which those of her subjects might be transported, who were condemned to banishment for their crimes.
[Illustration] After much deliberation in the British Parliament, it was determined to form a penal settlement in New South Wales.
If you will look at a globe, or, if you have not a globe, at a map of the world, turning the South Pole from you, or uppermost, and, supposing yourself to be in a ship, sail across the Atlantic Ocean till you come to the Equator, which is an imaginary line that divides the northern half of the globe from the southern; then "cross the line," as it is called, and sail along the South Atlantic, in the direction of the coast of South America, till you arrive at its southern extremity, which you will see is called Cape Horn; then sailing round Cape Horn, (which is called doubling Cape Horn), and directing your course westward, right across the Great Pacific Ocean.

After having sailed across these three great oceans, you will find yourself, if you have a prosperous voyage, exactly on the opposite side of the globe, and before you, an extensive chain of large islands, lying off the South-eastern extremity of the continent of Asia.
This group of islands has been named Australasia, which means Southern Asia, and the largest of these, which is the largest island in the whole world, has been called Australia, or New Holland.
This is so large an island, that if you were to divide the whole of Europe into ten parts, New Holland is as large as nine of them: and hence, from its great extent, some geographers have dignified it with the title of a continent.
The northern and western coasts of this vast island were discovered by a succession of Dutch navigators, who gave them the name of New Holland.
The eastern coast, which has been explored, and taken possession of by the English, was discovered by Capt.