Following the Equator — Part 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 105 pages of information about Following the Equator — Part 1.

Following the Equator — Part 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 105 pages of information about Following the Equator — Part 1.

Chapter XXIX:  Tasmania, Early Days—­Description of the Town of Hobart—­An Englishman’s Love of Home Surroundings—­Neatest City on Earth—­The Museum—­A Parrot with an Acquired Taste—­Glass Arrow Beads—­Refuge for the Indigent too healthy

Chapter XXX. 
Arrival at Bluff, N. Z.—­Where the Rabbit Plague Began—­The Natural Enemy
of the Rabbit—­Dunedin—­A Lovely Town—­Visit to Dr. Hockin—­His Museum
—­A Liquified Caterpillar—­The Unperfected Tape Worm—­The Public Museum and
Picture

CHAPTER XXXI.  The Express Train—­“A Hell of a Hotel at Maryborough” —­Clocks and Bells—­Railroad Service.

Chapter XXXII. 
Description of the Town of Christ Church—­A Fine Museum—­Jade-stone
Trinkets—­The Great Man—­The First Maori in New Zealand—­Women Voters
—­“Person” in New Zealand Law Includes Woman—­Taming an Ornithorhynchus
—­A Voyage in the ‘Flora’ from Lyttelton—­Cattle Stalls for Everybody
—­A Wonderful Time.

Chapter XXXIII. 
The Town of Nelson—­“The Mongatapu Murders,” the Great Event of the Town
—­Burgess’ Confession—­Summit of Mount Eden—­Rotorua and the Hot Lakes
and Geysers—­Thermal Springs District—­Kauri Gum—­Tangariwa Mountains

Chapter XXXIV. 
The Bay of Gisborne—­Taking in Passengers by the Yard Arm—­The Green
Ballarat Fly—­False Teeth—­From Napier to Hastings by the Ballarat Fly
Train—­Kauri Trees—­A Case of Mental Telegraphy

Chapter XXXV. 
Fifty Miles in Four Hours—­Comfortable Cars—­Town of Wauganui—­Plenty of
Maoris—­On the Increase—­Compliments to the Maoris—­The Missionary Ways
all Wrong—­The Tabu among the Maoris—­A Mysterious Sign—­Curious
War-monuments—­Wellington

Chapter XXXVI. 
The Poems of Mrs. Moore—­The Sad Fate of William Upson—­A Fellow Traveler
Imitating the Prince of Wales—­A Would-be Dude—­Arrival at Sydney
—­Curious Town Names with Poem

Chapter XXXVII.  From Sydney for Ceylon—­A Lascar Crew—­A Fine Ship—­Three Cats and a Basket of Kittens—­Dinner Conversations—­Veuve Cliquot Wine—­At Anchor in King George’s Sound Albany Harbor—­More Cats—­A Vulture on Board—­Nearing the Equator again—­Dressing for Dinner—­Ceylon, Hotel Bristol—­Servant Brampy—­A Feminine Man—­Japanese Jinriksha or Cart—­Scenes in Ceylon—­A Missionary School—­Insincerity of Clothes

Chapter XXXVIII. 
Steamer Rosettes to Bombay—­Limes 14 cents a Barrel—­Bombay, a Bewitching
City—­Descriptions of People and Dress—­Woman as a Road Decoration
—­India, the Land of Dreams and Romance—­Fourteen Porters to Carry Baggage
—­Correcting a Servant—­Killing a Slave—­Arranging a Bedroom—­Three Hours’
Work and a Terrible Racket—­The Bird of Birds, the Indian Crow

Chapter XXXIX. 
God Vishnu, 108 Names—­Change of Titles or Hunting for an Heir—­Bombay as
a Kaleidoscope—­The Native’s Man Servant—­Servants’ Recommendations—­How
Manuel got his Name and his English—­Satan—­A Visit from God

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