CHAPTER I. OFF TO AUSTRALIA. PAGE The _Orizaba_—Reasons for Travelling—The Bishop—Soda and 1–28 Whisky—The Spanish Coast—Heroic Memories—Gibraltar—Wickedness of Naples—Port Said CHAPTER II. EGYPT TO COLOMBO. Coaling in Port Said—The Suez Canal—England the Main 29–49 Support—Donkey-drivers—The Electric Light—Ismailia—Suez—Aden—The Red Sea CHAPTER III. COLOMBO TO ALBANY. Prosperity of Colombo—Native Extortioners—Buddhist 50–65 Temple—Life in the Streets—On the Indian Ocean—Stormy Seas guard Australia—English Coolness—Western Australia CHAPTER IV. IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. Melbourne Gleanings—Dr. Bevan—Night at a Bungalow—Cole’s 66–108 Book-shop—A Day at Sorrento—White Cruelty to the Aborigine…
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