Chapter 11

AUSTRALIAN WINTER--THE FLOODS. 107

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 WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY