akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXVII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXVII
 
The South Pole Swell—Tasmania—Extermination of the Natives—The Picture Proclamation—The Conciliator—The Formidable Sixteen

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXVI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXVI
 
Where New Zealand Is—But Few Know—Things People Think They Know—The Yale Professor and His Visitor from N. Z.”
 

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXV

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXV
 
Bound for Bendigo—The Priest at Castlemaine—Time Saved by Walking—Description of Bendigo—A Valuable Nugget—Perseverence and Success—Mr. Blank and His Influence——Conveyance of an Idea—I Had to Like the Irishman—Corrigan Castle, and the Mark Twain Club—My Bascom Mystery Solved

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXIV

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXIV
 
Road to Ballarat—The City—Great Gold Strike, 1851—Rush for Australia—"Great Nuggets"—Taxation—Revolt and Victory—Peter Lalor and the Eureka Stockade—"Pencil Mark"—Fine Statuary at Ballarat—Population—Ballarat English

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXIII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXIII
 
To Horsham (Colony of Victoria)—Description of Horsham—At the Hotel—Pepper Tree-The Agricultural College, Forty Pupils—High Temperature—Width of Road in Chains, Perches, etc.—The Bird with a Forgettable Name——The Magpie and the Lady—Fruit Trees—Soils—Sheep Shearing——To Stawell—Gold Mining Country—$75,000 per Month Income and able to Keep House—Fine Grapes and Wine—The Dryest Community on Earth—The Three Sisters—Gum Trees and Water

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXII
 
Continued Description of Aboriginals—Manly Qualities—Dodging Balls—Feats of Spring—Jumping—Where the Kangaroo Learned its Art—Well Digging—Endurance—Surgery—Artistic Abilities—Fennimore Cooper's Last Chance—Australian Slang

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XXI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XXI
 
The "Weet-Weet"—Keeping down the Population—Victoria—Killing the Aboriginals—Pioneer Days in Queensland—Material for a Drama—The Bush—Pudding with Arsenic—Revenge—A Right Spirit but a Wrong Method—Death of Donga Billy

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XX

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XX
 
A Caller—A Talk about Old Times—The Fox Hunt—An Accurate Judgment of an Idiot—How We Passed the Custom Officers in Italy
 

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XIX

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XIX
 
The Botanical Gardens—Contributions from all Countries—The Zoological Gardens of Adelaide--The Laughing Jackass—The Dingo—A Misnamed Province—Telegraphing from Melbourne to San Francisco—A Mania for Holidays—The Temperature—The Death Rate—Celebration of the Reading of the Proclamation of 1836—Some old Settlers at the Commemoration—Their Staying Powers—The Intelligence of the Aboriginal—The Antiquity of the Boomerang
 

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XVIII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XVIII
 
The Gum Trees-Unsociable Trees-Gorse and Broom-A Universal Defect-An Adventurer-Wanted L200, Got L20,000,000-A Vast Land Scheme-The Smashup-The Corpse Got Up and Danced-A Unique Business By One Man-Buying the Kangaroo Skin-The Approach to Adelaide-Everything Comes to Him Who Waits-A Healthy Religious Sphere-What is the Matter With the Specter?