The Botanical Gardens—Contributions from
all Countries—The Zoological Gardens of
Adelaide—The Laughing Jackass—The
Dingo—A Misnamed Province—Telegraphing
from Melbourne to San Francisco—A Mania
for Holidays—The Temperature—The
Death Rate—Celebration of the Reading of
the Proclamation of 1836—Some old Settlers
at the Commemoration—Their Staying Powers—The
Intelligence of the Aboriginal —The Antiquity
of the Boomerang
Chapter XX.
A Caller—A Talk about Old Times—The
Fox Hunt—An Accurate Judgment of
an Idiot—How We Passed the Custom Officers
in Italy
Chapter XXI.
The “Weet-Weet”—Keeping down
the Population—Victoria—Killing
the
Aboriginals—Pioneer Days in Queensland—Material
for a Drama—The Bush
—Pudding with Arsenic Revenge—A
Right Spirit but a Wrong Method—Death of
Donga Billy
Chapter XXII.
Continued Description of Aboriginals—Manly
Qualities—Dodging Balls
—Feats of Spring—Jumping—Where
the Kangaroo Learned its Art ’Well
Digging—Endurance—Surgery—Artistic
Abilities—Fennimore Cooper’s Last
Chance—Australian Slang
Chapter XXIII.
To Horsham (Colony of Victoria)—Description
of Horsham—At the Hotel
—Pepper Tree-The Agricultural College,
Forty Pupils—High Temperature
—Width of Road in Chains, Perches, etc.—The
Bird with a Forgettable
Name—The Magpie and the Lady—Fruit
Trees—Soils—Sheep Shearing—To
Stawell
—Gold Mining Country—$75,000
per Month Income and able to Keep House
—Fine Grapes and Wine—The Dryest
Community on Earth—The Three Sisters
—Gum Trees and Water
Road to Ballarat—The City—Great
Gold Strike, 1851—Rush for Australia
—“Great Nuggets”—Taxation—Revolt
and Victory—Peter Lalor and the
Eureka Stockade—“Pencil Mark”—Fine
Statuary at Ballarat—Population
—Ballarat English
Chapter XXV.
Bound for Bendigo—The Priest at Castlemaine—Time
Saved by Walking
—Description of Bendigo—A Valuable
Nugget—Perseverence and Success
—Mr. Blank and His Influence—Conveyance
of an Idea—I Had to Like the
Irishman—Corrigan Castle, and the Mark
Twain Club—My Bascom Mystery
Solved
Chapter XXVI.
Where New Zealand Is—But Few Know—Things
People Think They Know—The
Yale Professor and His Visitor from N. Z.
Chapter XXVII.
The South Pole Swell—Tasmania—Extermination
of the Natives—The Picture
Proclamation—The Conciliator—The
Formidable Sixteen
Chapter XXVIII.
When the Moment Comes the Man Appears—Why
Ed. Jackson called on
Commodore Vanderbilt—Their Interview—Welcome
to the Child of His Friend
—A Big Time but under Inspection—Sent
on Important Business—A Visit to
the Boys on the Boat
