A Boy's Voyage Round the World

LEAVE CHICAGO--THE ICE HARVEST--MICHIGAN CITY--THE FOREST--A RAILWAY SMASHED--KALAMAZOO--DETROIT--CROSSING INTO CANADA--AMERICAN MANNERS--ROEBLING'S SUSPENSION BRIDGE--NIAGARA F...

THE HARBOUR OF HONOLULU--IMPORTANCE OF ITS SITUATION--THE CITY--CHURCHES AND THEATRES--THE POST OFFICE--THE SUBURBS--THE KING'S PALACE--THE NUUANU VALLEY--POI--PEOPLE COMING DOW...

One of the most interesting visits to places that I made while staying at Majorca was to Ballarat, the mining capital of the colony, sometimes called here the Victorian Manchest...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MELBOURNE--SURVEY OF THE CITY--THE STREETS--COLLINS STREET--THE TRAFFIC--NEWNESS AND YOUNGNESS OF MELBOURNE--ABSENCE OF BEGGARS--MELBOURNE AN ENGLISH CITY--...

After a heavy rainfall, the ground becomes well soaked with water, and vegetation proceeds with great rapidity. Although there may be an occasional fall of rain at intervals, th...

I must now be excused if I talk a little "shop." Though my descriptions hitherto have, for the most part, related to up-country life, seasons, amusements, and such like, my prin...

PREPARING FOR ROUGH WEATHER--THE 'GEORGE THOMPSON' CLIPPER--A RACE AT SEA--SCENE FROM 'PICKWICK' ACTED--FISHING FOR ALBATROSS--DISSECTION AND DIVISION OF THE BIRD--WHALES--STRON...

MAJORCA FOUNDED IN A RUSH--DESCRIPTION OF A RUSH--DIGGERS CAMPING OUT--GOLD-MINING AT MAJORCA--MAJORCA HIGH STREET--THE PEOPLE--THE INNS--THE CHURCHES--THE BANK--THE CHINAMEN--A...

LAST CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA--START BY STEAMER FOR SYDNEY--THE 'GREAT BRITAIN'--CHEAP TRIPS TO QUEENSCLIFFE--ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA--MR. AND MRS. C. MATHEWS--BOTANY BAY--OUTER SOUT...

_3rd March._--Like all passengers, I suppose, who come together on board ship for a long voyage, we had scarcely passed the Eddystone Lighthouse before we began to take stock of...

OMAHA TERMINUS--CROSS THE MISSOURI--COUNCIL BLUFFS--THE FOREST--CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI--THE CULTIVATED PRAIRIE--THE FARMSTEADS AND VILLAGES--APPROACH TO CHICAGO--THE CITY OF CHIC...

There is no difficulty in making friends in Victoria. New chums from home are always made welcome. They are invited out and hospitably entertained by people of all classes. But...

VICTORIAN LIFE ENGLISH--ARRIVAL OF THE HOME MAIL--NEWS OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR--THE GERMAN SETTLERS IN MAJORCA--THE SINGLE FRENCHMAN--MAJORCAN PUBLIC TEAS--THE CHURCH--THE RANT...

_17th March_.--We are now fairly within the tropics. The heat increases day by day. This morning, at eight, the temperature was 87 deg. in my cabin. At midday, with the sun near...

LANDING AT SAN FRANCISCO--THE GOLDEN CITY--THE STREETS--THE BUSINESS QUARTER--THE CHINESE QUARTER--THE TOUTERS--LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO--THE FERRY-BOAT TO OAKLAND--THE BAY OF SAN FR...

GOLD-RUSHING--DIGGERS' CAMP AT HAVELOCK--MURDER OF LOPEZ--PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER--THE THIEVES HUNTED FROM THE CAMP--DEATH OF THE MURDERER--THE POLICE--ATTEMPTED ROB...

START BY TRAIN FOR OMAHA--MY FELLOW-PASSENGERS--PASSAGE THROUGH THE DEVIL'S GATE--WEBER CANYON--FANTASTIC ROCKS--"THOUSAND MILE TREE"--ECHO CANYON--MORE TRESTLE-BRIDGES--SUNSET...

We had now begun the ascent of the difficult mountain country that separates the Eastern from the Western States of the Union, and through which the Central Pacific Railway has...

LEAVING SYDNEY--ANCHOR WITHIN THE HEADS--TAKE IN MAILS AND PASSENGERS FROM THE 'CITY OF ADELAIDE'--OUT TO SEA AGAIN--SIGHT NEW ZEALAND--ENTRANCE TO AUCKLAND HARBOUR--THE 'GALATE...

THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WAT...

A favourite sport in Australia is 'possum-shooting. The Australian opossum is a marsupial quadruped, living in trees and feeding on insects, eggs, and fruits. Its body is about...

_20th February: At Gravesend._--My last farewells are over, my last adieus are waved to friends on shore, and I am alone on board the ship 'Yorkshire,' bound for Melbourne. Ever...

_1st. April_.--I was roused early this morning by the cry outside of "Get up! get up! There is a ship on fire ahead!" I got up instantly, dressed, and hastened on deck, like man...

I had now been in Melbourne some weeks, and the question arose--What next? I found the living rather expensive, and that it was making a steady drain upon my funds. I had the op...

DEPARTURE FOR HONOLULU--MONOTONY OF A VOYAGE BY STEAM--DESAGREMENS--THE "GENTLEMEN" PASSENGERS--THE ONE SECOND CLASS "LADY"--THE RATS ON BOARD--THE SMELLS--FLYING FISH--CROSS TH...

DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU--WRECK OF THE 'SAGINAW'--THE 'MOSES TAYLOR'--THE ACCOMMODATION--THE COMPANY ON BOARD--BEHAVIOUR OF THE SHIP--DEATH OF A PASSENGER--FEELINGS ON LANDING IN...

More theatricals! 'Sir Dagobert and the Dragon' is played, and comes off very well. The extemporised dresses and "properties" are the most amusing of all. The company next proce...

LEAVE CHICAGO--THE ICE HARVEST--MICHIGAN CITY--THE FOREST--A RAILWAY SMASHED--KALAMAZOO--DETROIT--CROSSING INTO CANADA--AMERICAN MANNERS--ROEBLING'S SUSPENSION BRIDGE--NIAGARA F...

START BY TRAIN FOR OMAHA--MY FELLOW-PASSENGERS--PASSAGE THROUGH THE DEVIL'S GATE--WEBER CANYON--FANTASTIC ROCKS--"THOUSAND MILE TREE"--ECHO CANYON--MORE TRESTLE-BRIDGES--SUNSET...

OMAHA TERMINUS--CROSS THE MISSOURI--COUNCIL BLUFFS--THE FOREST--CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI--THE CULTIVATED PRAIRIE--THE FARMSTEADS AND VILLAGES--APPROACH TO CHICAGO--THE CITY OF CHIC...

LEAVING SYDNEY--ANCHOR WITHIN THE HEADS--TAKE IN MAILS AND PASSENGERS FROM THE 'CITY OF ADELAIDE'--OUT TO SEA AGAIN--SIGHT NEW ZEALAND--ENTRANCE TO AUCKLAND HARBOUR--THE 'GALATE...

VICTORIAN LIFE ENGLISH--ARRIVAL OF THE HOME MAIL--NEWS OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR--THE GERMAN SETTLERS IN MAJORCA--THE SINGLE FRENCHMAN--MAJORCAN PUBLIC TEAS--THE CHURCH--THE RANT...

GOLD-RUSHING--DIGGERS' CAMP AT HAVELOCK--MURDER OF LOPEZ--PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER--THE THIEVES HUNTED FROM THE CAMP--DEATH OF THE MURDERER--THE POLICE--ATTEMPTED ROB...

THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATE...

PREPARING FOR ROUGH WEATHER--THE 'GEORGE THOMPSON' CLIPPER--A RACE AT SEA--SCENE FROM 'PICKWICK' ACTED--FISHING FOR ALBATROSS--DISSECTION AND DIVISION OF THE BIRD--WHALES--STRON...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MELBOURNE--SURVEY OF THE CITY--THE STREETS--COLLINS STREET--THE TRAFFIC--NEWNESS AND YOUNGNESS OF MELBOURNE--ABSENCE OF BEGGARS--MELBOURNE AN ENGLISH CITY--...

LAST CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA--START BY STEAMER FOR SYDNEY--THE 'GREAT BRITAIN'--CHEAP TRIPS TO QUEENSCLIFFE--ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA--MR. AND MRS. C. MATHEWS--BOTANY BAY--OUTER SOUT...

DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU--WRECK OF THE 'SAGINAW'--THE 'MOSES TAYLOR'--THE ACCOMMODATION--THE COMPANY ON BOARD--BEHAVIOUR OF THE SHIP--DEATH OF A PASSENGER--FEELINGS ON LANDING IN...

LANDING AT SAN FRANCISCO--THE GOLDEN CITY--THE STREETS--THE BUSINESS QUARTER--THE CHINESE QUARTER--THE TOUTERS--LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO--THE FERRY-BOAT TO OAKLAND--THE BAY OF SAN FR...

THE HARBOUR OF HONOLULU--IMPORTANCE OF ITS SITUATION--THE CITY--CHURCHES AND THEATRES--THE POST OFFICE--THE SUBURBS--THE KING'S PALACE--THE NUUANU VALLEY--POI--PEOPLE COMING DOW...

MAJORCA FOUNDED IN A RUSH--DESCRIPTION OF A RUSH--DIGGERS CAMPING OUT--GOLD-MINING AT MAJORCA--MAJORCA HIGH STREET--THE PEOPLE--THE INNS--THE CHURCHES--THE BANK--THE CHINAMEN--A...

DEPARTURE FOR HONOLULU--MONOTONY OF A VOYAGE BY STEAM--DESAGREMENS--THE "GENTLEMEN" PASSENGERS--THE ONE SECOND CLASS "LADY"--THE RATS ON BOARD--THE SMELLS--FLYING FISH--CROSS TH...