{"product_id":"2940016105932","title":"Reminiscences of Travel in Australia, America, and Egypt","description":"CHAPTER I.—_At Sea_:—Early Troubles—Cabin’d, Cribb’d,                1\u003cbr\u003eConfin’d—Travelling Companions—“Ordered Abroad by the\u003cbr\u003eDoctor”—“In the Bay o’ Biscay O”—Ship Stewards—Racing\u003cbr\u003eunder Difficulties—A Selfish Amusement—Musical\u003cbr\u003eDiscords—The Ship’s Newspaper—Our Ship goes too Fast—Why\u003cbr\u003eShip Captains are Tories—Ixion goes Mad—Burial at Sea—The\u003cbr\u003eParson “quite at Sea”—A Congregation Guaranteed—Look Out\u003cbr\u003efor Sharks!—“Let the Soup pass, Sir”—The “Scarlet Lady.”\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.—_At Sea_:—“Working off the Dead Horse”—“Poor            21\u003cbr\u003eOld Man!”—“May your Shadow never Grow Less!”—The “Blatant\u003cbr\u003eBeast”—The “Generous” Gambler—A Fiery Celt—The “Classic”\u003cbr\u003eDolphin—“Get your Letters Ready”—“A Man of Peace\u003cbr\u003enow”—Mixing his Degrees—Good enough for the\u003cbr\u003eColonies!—“Now Fridolin was a Pious Youth”—A Bootless\u003cbr\u003eErrand—Cross Signals—Tristan d’Acunha—A Parson\u003cbr\u003eWanted—“The Rolling Forties”—A Hot January Morning.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.—_In Victoria_:—The Black Death in                      40\u003cbr\u003eMelbourne—Melbourne—Education—A Caustic Smile—“All Work\u003cbr\u003eand no Play”—“A New Way to Pay Old Debts”—“Happy Land” in\u003cbr\u003eVictoria—“Hush! prohibited”—An Opening for\u003cbr\u003e“Gentlemen”—“Hallelujah Claim”—The Black Spur—A\u003cbr\u003e“Soafler”—Comforting the Widow—Hard\u003cbr\u003eFare—Pioneering—Lovely Marysville—The Five Deadly\u003cbr\u003ePoisons—Back to Melbourne.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.—_In Tasmania_:—Cologn–ial Smells—Launceston—A           60\u003cbr\u003eTonsorial Palace—Harvest in February—The Land of\u003cbr\u003eSnakes—Der Dichter spricht—“The Dangers of the\u003cbr\u003eSeas”—“Sweet Vale of Avoca”—A Charming Village—Where’s\u003cbr\u003eFalmouth?—A Lonely Burying-place—A Narrow\u003cbr\u003eEscape—Snakes!—“Scotched, but not Killed”—“Acres many,\u003cbr\u003ePeople few”—The Rabbit and the Thistle—Breaking the\u003cbr\u003ePledge—Hobart the Beautiful—Jericho to Jerusalem via\u003cbr\u003eBagdad—Farewell, Tasmania.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.—_In New South Wales_:—Off to Sydney—“What d’ye           80\u003cbr\u003ethink of our Harbour?”—A “Southerly Buster”—Oysters on\u003cbr\u003eTrees—A rather particular Couple—Mount Victoria—A\u003cbr\u003eTremendous Leap—A wicked Parrot—“Bail up”—The Laughing\u003cbr\u003eJackass—Let Sleeping Bull-dogs Lie—An Election in\u003cbr\u003eSydney—Beer and Bible—Through Wagga-Wagga—In the\u003cbr\u003eBush—Track-making—Sighing for Old England—“Tommy”—Albury\u003cbr\u003eand Wodonga, a contrast—The Bush-rangers.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.—_In Australia_:—Victoria, Protection—The Dog           101\u003cbr\u003esubsisting on its own Tail—Cabby over-rides the\u003cbr\u003eTramway—His Profit was not “quite enough”—Protection with\u003cbr\u003ea Vengeance—“Quite right to Cheat the Government”—Free\u003cbr\u003eTrade, New South Wales—A Genuine “Native Industry”—How\u003cbr\u003ePopulation is attracted—A Prosperous Colony—Demand for\u003cbr\u003eAgricultural Labourers—“Young Australia.”\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.—_On the Pacific_:—Homeward Bound—Ten Months’          113\u003cbr\u003eDrought—Auckland—Fiji—Kandavu Harbour—A Fearful\u003cbr\u003eVoice—Sharks and Dark Skins—Dropping a Day—A Colonial\u003cbr\u003eDoctor—Man Overboard—Honolulu—A Square Meal—Dressmaking\u003cbr\u003ein Honolulu—A “Brownie”—“Yes, for a Dollar”—A Plague of\u003cbr\u003eCentipedes—A Bilious “Down-Easter”—Jefferson Brick,\u003cbr\u003eJunior—“Mister”—“A Personal Favour!”—Through “The Golden\u003cbr\u003eGate”—Earning a Cent anyway.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.—_In America_:—San Francisco—The Palace               135\u003cbr\u003eHotel—Chinese Washermen—The National Habit—Flats and\u003cbr\u003eSharps—Qualifications for a State Governor—","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101153149168,"sku":"2940016105932","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016105932","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}