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 Har- bor — Shark Fishing — Cecil Rhodes' Shark and his First Fortune — Free Board for Sharks 137

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 151

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 156

CHAPTER XVI.

Melbourne and its Attractions — The Melbourne Cup Races — Cup D^y — 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 161

CHAPTER XVII.

The British Empire — Its Exports and Imports — The Trade of Australia — To Adelaide — Broken Hill Silver Mine — A Round- about road — The Scrub and its Possibilities for the Novel- ist — The Aboriginal Tracker — A Test Case — How Does One Cow-Track Differ from Another ? 170

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Gum Trees — Unsociable Trees — Gorse and Broom — A Universal Defect — An Adventurer — Wanted £200, got £30,- 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 Atmosphere — What is the Matter with the Specter? . . . . 176