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FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.--SIGHTS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.--A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.--NEARING THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--THE MOLOKAI CHANNEL.--SURF-BEATEN SHORES OF OAHU.--ARRIVAL AT HONOLULU.--A PICTURESQUE PORT.--DISCOVERY AND HISTORY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--CAPTAIN COOK: H...
THE FEEJEE ISLANDS: THEIR EXTENT AND POPULATION.--TERRIBLE FATALITY OF THE MEASLES.--ROTUMAH AND ITS PEOPLE.--KANDAVU AND SUVA.--VITI LEVU.--SIGHTS OF THE CAPITAL.--PRODUCTIONS...
29. CHAPTER VI.THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIO...
26. CHAPTER III.SUDDEN CHANGE OF PLANS.--THE YACHT _PERA_.--DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU.--VOYAGE TO THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS.--NOOKAHEEVA BAY.--HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MARQUESAS.--WHAT OUR FRIENDS S...
35. CHAPTER XII.CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT.--VISIT TO A SHEEP-STATION.--HOW THE SHEEP-BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED.--THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.--IRRIGATION IN NEW ZEALAND.--SHEEP LOST I...
27. CHAPTER IV.FROM THE MARQUESAS TO THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.--THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.--THE CORAL INSECT AND HIS WORK.--ATOLLS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES.--ORIGIN OF THE POLYNESIAN PEOPLE.--ARRIVAL A...
31. CHAPTER VIII.ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DE...
42. CHAPTER XIX.A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS....
40. CHAPTER XVII.CATTLE AND SHEEP RAISING IN QUEENSLAND.--GRASS THAT KILLS SHEEP.--PROFITS OF RAISING CATTLE.--RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE TWO ENTERPRISES.--INCREASE OF FLOCKS AND HERDS.--STATIST...
25. CHAPTER II.IN AND AROUND HONOLULU.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--THE THEATRE.--ROAD TO THE PALI.--A MAGNIFICENT VIEW.--VILLAS NEAR THE CITY.--GIRLS ON HORSE-BACK.--TARO-FIELDS.--THE WATER SUPPLY.--M...
46. CHAPTER XXIII.AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM...
32. CHAPTER IX.THE SUBURBS OF AUCKLAND.--EXTINCT VOLCANOES.--MAORI FORTIFICATIONS.--A KAURI FOREST.--KAURI LUMBER AND GUM.--HOW THE GUM IS FORMED AND FOUND.--TREES OF NEW ZEALAND AND THEIR VAL...
33. CHAPTER X.THE HOT LAKE DISTRICT; ITS EXTENT AND PECULIARITIES.--MEDICINAL SPRINGS.--ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS.--FRED'S NARROW ESCAPE.--SCALDED TO DEATH IN A HOT POOL.--LAKE ROTOMAHANA.--THE...
36. CHAPTER XIII.FROM NEW ZEALAND TO AUSTRALIA.--ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY.--HOW THE CITY WAS FOUNDED.--ITS APPEARANCE TO-DAY.--THE PRINCIPAL STREETS, PARKS, AND SUBURBS.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--SHOOTING SY...
28. CHAPTER V.FROM THE SOCIETY TO THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--BEFORE THE TRADE-WINDS.--NOTES ABOUT THE MISSIONARIES.--OPPOSITION OF TRADERS TO MISSIONARIES.--HOW POLYNESIA WAS CHRISTIANIZED.--THE WO...
44. CHAPTER XXI.THE RACE FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP.--POPULARITY OF HORSE-RACING IN AUSTRALIA.--CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS.--SUMMER RETREATS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OVERLOOKING MELBOURNE.--"A SOUTHERLY BU...
39. CHAPTER XVI.RIDING THROUGH THE BUSH.--AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALITY.--ARRIVAL AT THE STATION.--THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS.--A SNAKE IN FRED'S BED.--SNAKES IN AUSTRALIA.--UNDERWOOD'S REME...
37. CHAPTER XIV.FROM SYDNEY TO BRISBANE.--POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF AUSTRALIA.--ORDER IN WHICH THE COLONIES WERE FOUNDED.--EXPLORATIONS AND THEIR EXTENT.--DOCTOR BASS AND CAPTAIN FLINDERS.--ABSENC...
38. CHAPTER XV.LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WIN...
43. CHAPTER XX.THE FOUNDING OF MELBOURNE.--BATMAN AND FAWKNER.--GROWTH OF MELBOURNE, CHICAGO, AND SAN FRANCISCO COMPARED.--SIGHTS AND SCENES IN THE AUSTRALIAN METROPOLIS.--COLLINS STREET, BOUR...
41. CHAPTER XVIII.THE PLAGUE OF FLIES IN AUSTRALIA.--OTHER CREEPING AND FLYING THINGS.--LAUGHING-JACKASSES, BOWER-BIRDS, LYRE-BIRDS, PARROTS, ETC.--TRICKS OF THE LYRE-BIRD.--ORIGIN OF THE BOWER-B...
34. CHAPTER XI.ADVANTAGES OF WELLINGTON AS THE CAPITAL.--ITS INDUSTRIES AND PROSPERITY.--A CITY OF EARTHQUAKES.--ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.--HOW THE COLONY IS RULED.--THE...
45. CHAPTER XXII.EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE AB...
24. CHAPTER I.FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.--SIGHTS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.--A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.--NEARING THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--THE MOLOKAI CHANNEL.--SURF-BEATEN SHORES OF OAHU.--ARRIVA...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.-- DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHA...
48. PART II. THE YOUNG NIMRODS AROUND THE WORLD.THE STORY OF LIBERTY.--OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES.--THE BOYS OF '76 (A History of the Battles of the Revolution).--BUILDING THE NATION.--THE DRUM-BEAT OF THE NATION.--MARCHING TO...
47. PART I. ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO JAPAN ANDCHINA.--PART II. ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO SIAM AND JAVA. With Descriptions of Cochin-China, Cambodia, Sumatra, and the Malay Archipelago.--PART III. ADVENTURES O...
22. CHAPTER XXII.EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE AB...
8. CHAPTER VIII.ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DE...
17. CHAPTER XVII.CATTLE AND SHEEP RAISING IN QUEENSLAND.--GRASS THAT KILLS SHEEP.--PROFITS OF RAISING CATTLE.--RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE TWO ENTERPRISES.--INCREASE OF FLOCKS AND HERDS.--STATIST...
16. CHAPTER XVI.RIDING THROUGH THE BUSH.--AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALITY.--ARRIVAL AT THE STATION.--THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS.--A SNAKE IN FRED'S BED.--SNAKES IN AUSTRALIA.--UNDERWOOD'S REME...
10. CHAPTER X.THE HOT LAKE DISTRICT: ITS EXTENT AND PECULIARITIES.-- MEDICINAL SPRINGS.--ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS.--FRED'S NARROW ESCAPE.--SCALDED TO DEATH IN A HOT POOL.--LAKE ROTOMAHANA.-- TH...
19. CHAPTER XIX.A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.-- AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS...
2. CHAPTER II.IN AND AROUND HONOLULU.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--THE THEATRE.--ROAD TO THE PALI.--A MAGNIFICENT VIEW.--VILLAS NEAR THE CITY.--GIRLS ON HORSEBACK.--TARO-FIELDS.--THE WATER SUPPLY.--MO...
15. CHAPTER XV.LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.-- WI...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.THE PLAGUE OF FLIES IN AUSTRALIA.--OTHER CREEPING AND FLYING THINGS.--LAUGHING-JACKASSES, BOWER-BIRDS, LYRE-BIRDS, PARROTS, ETC.--TRICKS OF THE LYRE-BIRD.--ORIGIN OF THE BOWER-B...
21. CHAPTER XXI.THE RACE FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP.--POPULARITY OF HORSE-RACING IN AUSTRALIA.--CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS.--SUMMER RETREATS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OVERLOOKING MELBOURNE.--"A SOUTHERLY BU...
11. CHAPTER XI.ADVANTAGES OF WELLINGTON AS THE CAPITAL.--ITS INDUSTRIES AND PROSPERITY.--A CITY OF EARTHQUAKES.--ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS.-- THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT: HOW THE COLONY IS RULED.--THE...
20. CHAPTER XX.THE FOUNDING OF MELBOURNE.--BATMAN AND FAWKNER.--GROWTH OF MELBOURNE, CHICAGO, AND SAN FRANCISCO COMPARED.--SIGHTS AND SCENES IN THE AUSTRALIAN METROPOLIS.--COLLINS STREET, BOUR...
14. CHAPTER XIV.FROM SYDNEY TO BRISBANE.--POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF AUSTRALIA.-- ORDER IN WHICH THE COLONIES WERE FOUNDED.--EXPLORATIONS AND THEIR EXTENT.--DOCTOR BASS AND CAPTAIN FLINDERS.--ABSEN...
9. CHAPTER IX.THE SUBURBS OF AUCKLAND.--EXTINCT VOLCANOES.--MAORI FORTIFICATIONS.--A KAURI FOREST.--KAURI LUMBER AND GUM.--HOW THE GUM IS FORMED AND FOUND.--TREES OF NEW ZEALAND AND THEIR VAL...
1. CHAPTER I.FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.--SIGHTS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.--A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.--NEARING THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--THE MOLOKAI CHANNEL.--SURF-BEATEN SHORES OF OAHU.--ARRIVA...
4. CHAPTER IV.FROM THE MARQUESAS TO THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.--THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.--THE CORAL INSECT AND HIS WORK.--ATOLLS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES.--ORIGIN OF THE POLYNESIAN PEOPLE.--ARRIVAL A...
3. CHAPTER III.SUDDEN CHANGE OF PLANS.--THE YACHT "PERA."--DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU.--VOYAGE TO THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS.--NOOKAHEEVA BAY.-- HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MARQUESAS.--WHAT OUR FRIENDS...
6. CHAPTER VI.THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.-- BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.-- CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISS...
13. CHAPTER XIII.FROM NEW ZEALAND TO AUSTRALIA.--ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY.--HOW THE CITY WAS FOUNDED.--ITS APPEARANCE TO-DAY.--THE PRINCIPAL STREETS, PARKS, AND SUBURBS.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--SHOOTING SY...
5. CHAPTER V.FROM THE SOCIETY TO THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--BEFORE THE TRADE-WINDS.--NOTES ABOUT THE MISSIONARIES.--OPPOSITION OF TRADERS TO MISSIONARIES.--HOW POLYNESIA WAS CHRISTIANIZED.--THE WO...
12. CHAPTER XII.CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT.--VISIT TO A SHEEP-STATION.--HOW THE SHEEP-BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED.--THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.--IRRIGATION IN NEW ZEALAND.--SHEEP LOST I...
7. CHAPTER VII.THE FEEJEE ISLANDS: THEIR EXTENT AND POPULATION.--TERRIBLE FATALITY OF THE MEASLES.--ROTUMAH AND ITS PEOPLE.--KANDAVU AND SUVA.--VITI LEVU.--SIGHTS OF THE CAPITAL.--PRODUCTIONS...