CHAPTER IX.

TASMANIA.

A HOLIDAY RESORT FOR AUSTRALIANS--LAUNCESTON--THE NORTH AND SOUTH ESK--MOUNT BISCHOFF--A WILD DISTRICT--THE OLD MAIN ROAD--HOBART--THE DERWENT--PORT ARTHUR--CONVICTS--FACTS AND FIGURES. 141-152

_Illustrations_:

View of Mount Wellington, Tasmania 142 Corra Linn, Tasmania 143 On the South Esk, Tasmania 145 Views in Tasmania 147 Launceston 148 Hell Gate, Tasmania 149 On the River Derwent 152

SECTION III.--AUSTRALIAN LIFE AND PRODUCTS.