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CHAPTER IV.
Arrival at Cape Town--A disagreeable surprise--Interviewers--
State of feeling--Contradictory opinions--Prospects of Sir
Charles Warren's expedition--Mr. Upington--Sir Hercules
Robinson--English policy in South Africa 		61
CHAPTER V.
The Indian Ocean--New Year's night at sea--Extreme cold--Waves
and currents--The albatross--Passengers' amusements--Modern
voyages--The 'Odyssey'--Spiritual truth--Continued cold at
midsummer 		72
CHAPTER VI.
First sight of Australia--Bay of Adelaide--Sunday morning--The
harbour-master--Go on shore--The port--Houses--Gardens--
Adelaide City--The public gardens--Beauty of them--New ac-
quaintances--The Australian magpie-The laughing jackass--
Interviewers--Talk of confederation--Sail for Melbourne--As-
pect of the coast--Williamstown 		82
CHAPTER VII.
Landing at Melbourne--First Impression of the city--Sir Henry
Loch--Government House--Party assembled there--Agitation
about New Guinea--The Monroe doctrine in the Pacific--Mel-
bourne gardens--Victorian Society--The Premier--Federation,
local and imperial--The Astronomer Royal--The Observatory
--English institutions reproduced--Proposed tour in the Colony
--Melbourne amusements--Music--The theatre--Sunday at
Melbourne--Night at the Observatory 		94
CHAPTER VIII.
Expedition into the interior of the Colony--Mr. Gillies--Special
train--Approaches to Ballarat--The rabbit plague--A squatter's
station--Ercildoun and its inhabitants--Ballarat--Gold-mining
--Australian farms--A cottage garden--Lake and park--Fish
and flower culture--Municipal hospitality 		117

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