akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XVII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XVII
 
The British Empire-Its Exports and Imports-The Trade of Australia-To Adelaide-Broken Hill Silver Mine-A Roundabout Road-The Scrub and its Possibilities for the Novelist-The Aborginal Tracker-A Test Case-How Does One Cow Track Differ From Another?

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XVI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XVI
 
Melbourne and its Attractions—The Melbourne Cup Races—Cup Day—Great Crowds—Clothes Regardless of Cost—The Australian Larrikin—Is He Dead?—Australian Hospitality—Melbourne Wool-brokers—The Museums—The Palaces—The Origin of Melbourne

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