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 ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.-- DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.-- PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY. 497