CHAPTER XII.

Lake District of Tasmania.--Mount Wellington.--Kangaroos.--The Big Trees.--A Serenade.--The Albatross.--Marksmanship at Sea. --Dust of the Ocean.--A Storm.--Franklin's Proposition.--A Feathered Captive.--Bluff Oysters.--Most Southerly Hotel in the World.--Invercargill.--Historical Matters.--Geographical. --The Climate of New Zealand.--Colonial Hospitality 269-298