Transcribed from the 1890 T. Fisher Unwin edition by DavidPrice, 
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AN
AUSTRALIAN RAMBLE
OR
A SUMMER IN AUSTRALIA
 
BY
J. EWING RITCHIE
(CHRISTOPHER CRAYON)
 
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1890
 
p. vTO
THE HONOURABLE EDMUND WEBB,
BATHURST, NEW SOUTHWALES,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES, MANY OF THEM WRITTEN
UNDER HIS HOSPITABLE ROOF, ARE
GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR.
p.viiCONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
OFF TO AUSTRALIA.
PAGE
The Orizaba—Reasons for Travelling—TheBishop—Soda and Whisky—The Spanish Coast—HeroicMemories—Gibraltar—Wickedness of Naples—PortSaid
1–28
CHAPTER II.
EGYPT TO COLOMBO.
Coaling in Port Said—The Suez Canal—Englandthe Main Support—Donkey-drivers—The ElectricLight—Ismailia—Suez—Aden—The Red Sea
29–49
CHAPTER III.
COLOMBO TO ALBANY.
Prosperity of Colombo—NativeExtortioners—Buddhist Temple—Life in theStreets—On the Indian Ocean—Stormy Seas guardAustralia—English Coolness—Western Australia
50–65
p. viiiCHAPTERIV.
IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.
Melbourne Gleanings—Dr. Bevan—Night at aBungalow—Cole’s Book-shop—A Day atSorrento—White Cruelty to the Aborigines—CoffeePalaces—Dr. Strong—The Presbyterian Church in CollinsStreet—The Late Peter Lalor—Ballarat—Romance ofGold Mining—Sydney and Melbourne compared—AustralianRogues—Suburban Melbourne—VictorianM.P.’s—Victorian Politics
66–108
CHAPTER V.
A LITTLE ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES.
Sunny Sydney—Public Buildings—EducationalEstablishments—Sanitary State—ItsClimate—Bathurst—The Blue Mountains—RomishAggression—Botany Bay—Old Days—A WonderfulChange—New South Wales Scenery
109–138
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