Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XV

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XV
Wagga-Wagga—The Tichborne Claimant—A Stock Mystery—The Plan of the Romance—The Realization—The Henry Bascom Mystery—Bascom Hall—The Author's Death and Funeral

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XIV

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XIV
Bad Health—To Melbourne by Rail—Maps Defective—The Colony of Victoria—A Round-trip Ticket from Sydney—Change Cars, from Wide to Narrow Gauge, a Peculiarity at Albury—Customs-fences——"My Word"—The Blue Mountains—Rabbit Piles—Government R. R. Restaurants——Duchesses for Waiters—"Sheep-dip"—Railroad Coffee—Things Seen and Not Seen

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XIII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XIII
Public Works in Australasia—Botanical Garden of Sydney—Four Special Socialties—The Government House—A Governor and His Functions—The Admiralty House—The Tour of the Harbor——Shark Fishing—Cecil Rhodes' Shark and his First Fortune—Free Board for Sharks.

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XII
Mr. X., a Missionary—Why Christianity Makes Slow Progress in India—A Large Dream—Hindoo Miracles and Legends—Sampson and Hanuman—The Sandstone Ridge—Where are the Gates?

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter X
Hospitality of English-speaking People—Writers and their Gratitude—Mr. Gane and the Panegyrics—Population of Sydney An English City with American Trimming—"Squatters"—Palaces and Sheep Kingdoms—Wool and Mutton——Australians and Americans—Costermonger Pronunciation—England is "Home"—Table Talk——English and Colonial Audiences

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter X

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter X
The Discovery of Australia—Transportation of Convicts—Discipline—English Laws, Ancient and Modern—Flogging Prisoners to Death—Arrival of Settlers—New South Wales Corps——Rum Currency—Intemperance Everywhere—$100,000 for One Gallon of Rum—Development of the Country——Immense Resources

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter IX

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter IX
Close to Australia—Porpoises at Night—Entrance to Sydney Harbor—The Loss of the Duncan Dunbar—The Harbor—The City of Sydney—Spring-time in Australia—The Climate—Information for Travelers—The Size of Australia—A Dust-Storm and Hot Wind

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter VIII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter VIII
A Wilderness of Islands—Two Men without a Country—A Naturalist from New Zealand—The Fauna of Australasia—Animals, Insects, and Birds—The Ornithorhynchus—Poetry and Plagiarism

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter VII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter VII
The Fiji Islands—Suva—The Ship from Duluth—Going Ashore—Midwinter in Fiji—Seeing the Governor—Why Fiji was Ceded to England—Old time Fijians—Convicts among the Fijians—A Case Where Marriage was a Failure—Immortality with Limitations

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter VI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter VI
Missionaries Obstruct Business—The Sugar Planter and the Kanaka—The Planter's View—Civilizing the Kanaka—The Missionary's View—The Result—Repentant Kanakas—Wrinkles—The Death Rate in Queensland