Down Under with the Prince

This book attempts to be a gangway to the Renown for the reader who would travel by battle-cruiser, by train, on horseback, by motor, and on foot, the forty-five thousand miles of his Australasian tour with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. It is built by one who travelled, as a correspondent, with him all the way.

The thanks of the writer are due to those who have contributed photographs for the illustrations, and especially to Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart.

CONTENTS
Illustration: H.R.H. on Deck: An Interruption
PREFACE
Chapter 1. At Sea
Chapter 2. Barbados
Chapter 3. Panama
Illustration: Panama Canal: A Sharp Corner
Illustration: Surf-Boarding at Honolulu
Illustration: Excitement Grows in Auckland Harbour
Illustration: New Zealand: The Prime Minister Takes Charge
Chapter 4. Southern California
Chapter 5. Honolulu
Chapter 6. Neptune Boards the Renown
Chapter 7. Fiji
Chapter 8. Auckland
Chapter 9. North Island
Illustration: Wellington: A Canoe in the Petone Pageant
Illustration: “The Maori People Will Be True Till Death”
Chapter 10. South Island
Illustration: Westport Children: A Tumult of Flags and Flowers
Illustration: Dunedin’s Welcome
Chapter 11. Enterprise in New Zealand
Chapter 12. Victoria
Illustration: Jutland Day at Melbourne
Illustration: With Australia’s Most Distinguished Citizen
Chapter 13. New South Wales
Illustration: Government House Gardens, New South Wales
Illustration: Perth, From the King’s Park
Chapter 14. Some Commonwealth Affairs
Chapter 15. Western Australia
Chapter 16. Wheat, Gold, and Logging
Chapter 17. The Nullarbor Plain
Illustration: Crossing the Nullarbor Plain
Illustration: Aboriginal Dance
Chapter 18. South Australia
Chapter 19. Tasmania
Illustration: Leaving Port Adelaide
Illustration: Mount Wellington, Hobart
Chapter 20. Queensland
Chapter 21. The Jackaroo and Others
Illustration: The Backblocks: An Unofficial Fixture
Illustration: His Favourite Mount
Chapter 22. Amongst the Sheep
Illustration: Emu on a Sheep-Run
Illustration: Good-Bye to Sydney Harbour
Chapter 23. Eastward Ho
Chapter 24. The West Indies
Illustration: Samoa Makes Merry
Illustration: Trinidad: In the Dragon’s Mouth
Chapter 25. The Bermudas
Chapter 16. The Significance of the Tour