CHAPTER IX.

Close to Australia—­Porpoises at Night—­Entrance to Sydney Harbor—­The
Loss of the Duncan Dunbar—­The Harbor—­The City of Sydney—­Spring-time in
Australia—­The Climate—­Information for Travelers—­The Size of Australia
—­A Dust-Storm and Hot Wind

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

Chapter XI. 
Hospitality of English-speaking People—­Writers and their Gratitude—­Mr.
Gane and the Panegyrics—­Population of Sydney An English City with
American Trimming—­“Squatters”—­Palaces and Sheep Kingdoms—­Wool and
Mutton—­Australians and Americans—­Costermonger Pronunciation—­England is
“Home”—­Table Talk—­English and Colonial Audiences 124

Chapter XII. 
Mr. X., a Missionary—­Why Christianity Makes Slow Progress in India—­A
Large Dream—­Hindoo Miracles and Legends—­Sampson and Hanuman—­The
Sandstone Ridge—­Where are the Gates?

Chapter XIII. 
Public Works in Australasia—­Botanical Garden of Sydney—­Four Special
Socialties—­The Government House—­A Governor and His Functions—­The
Admiralty House—­The Tour of the Harbor—­Shark Fishing—­Cecil Rhodes’
Shark and his First Fortune—­Free Board for Sharks.

Chapter XIV. 
Bad Health—­To Melbourne by Rail—­Maps Defective—­The Colony of Victoria
—­A Round-trip Ticket from Sydney—­Change Cars, from Wide to Narrow
Gauge, a Peculiarity at Albury—­Customs-fences—­“My Word”—­The Blue
Mountains—­Rabbit Piles—­Government R. R. Restaurants—­Duchesses for
Waiters—­“Sheep-dip”—­Railroad Coffee—­Things Seen and Not Seen

Chapter XV. 
Wagga-Wagga—­The Tichborne Claimant—­A Stock Mystery—­The Plan of the
Romance—­The Realization—­The Henry Bascom Mystery—­Bascom Hall—­The
Author’s Death and Funeral

Chapter XVI. 
Melbourne and its Attractions—­The Melbourne Cup Races—­Cup Day—­Great
Crowds—­Clothes Regardless of Cost—­The Australian Larrikin—­Is He Dead? 
Australian Hospitality—­Melbourne Wool-brokers—­The Museums—­The Palaces
—­The Origin of Melbourne

Chapter XVII. 
The British Empire—­Its Exports and Imports—­The Trade of Australia—­To
Adelaide—­Broken Hill Silver Mine—­A Roundabout road—­The Scrub and its
Possibilities for the Novelist—­The Aboriginal Tracker—­A Test Case—­How
Does One Cow-Track Differ from Another?

Chapter XVIII. 
Gum Trees—­Unsociable Trees—­Gorse and Broom—­A universal Defect—­An
Adventurer—­Wanted L200, got L20,000,000—­A Vast Land Scheme—­The
Smash-up—­The Corpse Got Up and Danced—­A Unique Business by One Man
—­Buying the Kangaroo Skin—­The Approach to Adelaide—­Everything Comes to
Him who Waits—­A Healthy Religious sphere—­What is the Matter with the
Specter?