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, BOURKE STREET, AND OTHER THOROUGHFARES.--A GENERAL DESCRIPTION.--THE YARRA RIVER.--BOTANICAL GARDENS.--DINING AT A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.--THE SUBURBS OF MELBOURNE.--HOW ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAME ONE MILLION IN FIFTY YEARS.--SANDRIDGE (PORT MELBOURNE).--SCENES IN THE HARBOR.--REMINISCENCES OF THE GOLD RUSH OF 1851.--BUSH-RANGERS AND THEIR PERFORMANCES.--PLUNDERING A SHIP IN PORT.--HOBSON'S BAY AND PORT PHILLIP BAY.-- WILLIAMSTOWN AND ST. KILDA.--SHARK FENCES.--QUEENSCLIFF.-- CURIOUS ROCKS ON THE COAST.--GEELONG.--MELBOURNE NEWSPAPERS. 452