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I.—Australia to the Country of the
Had Drauon.
g fe M&ph viast Saf,:f»al^r|'of'
A^fo^|;ouriits1eft|Sy&W ffeP16
f AwtfieJn'ii iAirlid hrnk aowetfor
China and Japan, under the guidance
of a representative of Messrs—Thomas.
Cook & Son, by whom the trip had
Keen srisligeds J-As cowrie /jft days
. brought t^ pajjj&to Hdretou|Bapi
whence, SfEet tlikihg on T>oard some",
passengers, the vessel ^Sailed! north
wards, the passage through the inside
of the Great Barrievdheef -bfeingide^i
lightful by reason of the smooth
rpv^isnHc, the! first bwHofjbaU
h afte"r1^^iig TJoi^tott"feay'J tfe pfirty
were astonished at the nnmerons
Chinese, whom they wereTnfbrmp3~
the port of the Charters Towers gold
fields, is one of the most prospeVods
places in Northern Queensland,-and a
1 '^lih^feichiient^
it. The gardens amply repay a visit,
tropical fio were growing as tuxnriahthr
in j,-the^opemajr, ^ m ^dn^y or
M^<mrn4^a?B#val|)rife.<|Despite
—Hi—■'•nteuKb-huat, the pat ty tlioronghljr
enjoyed the rnn ashore, jand, "after
leaving the town, CaptaiS Ellis,- in
order to give the tourists ^em oppor
tunity oE.seeing some of the lonely
islands which they were confintioiisly
passing, - arranged excursions to the
South Erankland, Claremont, and Bird
Islands before . reaching Thursday?
Island, ,: ^pse~p£ the^pariy^ho bad^
gfiijfe |whr^gcoe8sful^ bagging some
ol tthl fnglcmsl sot imm&s&k here/,
while the ladies amused themselves^
; itr'wttH:tMll^fjpg:%lfellsi; cnralsatidSMco®^
nuts. , .
Thursday; (Mand ^^j^ntare^uely
situated, bat, the climate is tropical.
. The inlabitaBts jCtfnsis};; ot*3 variety
of races/1 Tjbirie8eTand"!Cin^le8e pre
dotnipating.,:. ,Tbree;idays^ afterwards
w landed at Port'Darwin, "where the
Su pm-intendent of Police" had arranged
afari our L-®aificatiou: a rcorrobohee, in
which, »boutj50Q,jiativeSi;?tpok part.
Whole familieB_were • present, many
coming ftom a considerable distance.
^bW'men^eirfe pro&sely1 pamted, and
went through' their Wat dances with
amazing vigor,"the women, children,
afs^Mrme|i|Eorming akindtjf Wagner
jn«t brcTrestr^ -pi-odncing -their music
^^>neanBOl®o»^lorwiugjandj<»aseieBS
slsq ping of. thigbs, accompanied ■ by
a Wild monotonous chant, not by anjr,
means suggestive 'of musical harmony.
The wholeof the natives were furnished
wih pipes, and it was very amusing to
not® the manner in which some of theT
mororai would place the family pipes ;
in the months of the babies in order to
keep thorn quiet while the mothers
took partin the performance. On the
morning of departure the tourists had
"STdrive to East Point,"th el after portion
of the journey being at times through
Sengthenedt.arehway8 of trees and .
■tro] uc^iVegetatioh, affording a delight
ful and^welodme Wtadef On the re
turn joutuey*W iWjsit Wafpmade to the
IJotiinicjalGai^enswhichure well kept.;
■the heavier labor being undertaken by
-ChineSB"ahd^Kanak"aS, the clothing of,:
tthe latter ^ofi'sistingWfa red cloth tied
Irtpndiheir loins, as if they wished to
'lighten their uarknels; J ~ '
Ir.i- i ; iAt.Dilly,.the capital of Portpguese
.1 ^Smor, the# Airlie" anchored oldse to
the town, being made fastbyabawBer
-to a large-tree i-flie'town has a pic
,turesqye appear/race, the stpeels^ being
£he
buildings are in an awfully dilapfc
•dated condition, 'and the barracks' in
^ whjch the; Portuguese troopa .-reside
s"*.i aucibdlvifcebtiJ' Mbsfc of"thefwork is"
Joi)e ^y tLe ub^uitgus Chinamen, the
tires Suing eiffiJtinMy'idzy, passing
ihe greater portion "of their time! in
.V&etoiajg gbe beta?, nut, whiclf blackens
'"■^wwHeeflr anil uaiises raeniWdecay.
native population, eaid.to,,number
^nearly 60,000,.reside principally; in
"the- hills,-'wliich, risfe to a'/height of
4,Y,QQ0'?^Tabpp ftfrf?
3apd is wonaerfdlly" fertile,*hot "the
i- j jPbrtnguese^ although'' theyilia^e been
in possession/about 300 y,eara, have
-done "very little with it. — — —
Eight days after leaving Hilly the
-party reached Hong Kong, where
•their- vessel was .immediately"; sur
Tourded by a flotilla / of J sampans,
-curious barge shaped vessels, propelled
■chiefly by women and children.
Whole families numbering as many as
-twelve live on these email craft. The'
-cifv has. 'a rather pretty appearance
"from tbe anchorage, the high moun
-tains at the rear forming a bold, back-'
ground. The" shops, private" resi
dences, and pub]ier-buildings ,are sub
stantially built, and haye.a,prp8|»jpfpus
appearance. A magnificent viewj of'
the islandis obtained frOm the YicrJ
toria Park, 1,600 feet above the town, i
which is easily reached by a cable
tramway. A visit was also made to
thjb f Happy Yalley," ithe jsity burial
ground, which possesses many of the.:
features,of a public garden. ,
From Hong Kong a trip was made
in a local steamer, "The Hankow," to
Canton. The passengers included 900
" Chinese, but the captain said that he
sotnetimis had as "many '"as'" "3^300.
How they, were stowed away; was not
explained. At Canton the tonrists
were met by Ah Kum,the guide, who
after-placing each in a land of Sedan
chair, caned by three coolies, started
on a visit to the leading partB of the
city, inspecting J in due course! the
famous water clock, Examination
H all, Temple of 500 Genii, Chamber of
Horrors, the Five Storied Pagoda, and
other sights, including the city wall,
from the summit of which a good view
of the city is obtained. A visit was
nl-o made to the Prefect Court, in
which a trial was taking place. The
culprit was a notorious miirderei and
thief, and was seen kneeling on the
stone floor of the court, with bis arms
Extended spread-eagle fashion) tightly
bound to a ?}prizontal bar, A long
placed across hipl.egs |?C;
hind the knees, which was worked up
laud3jlown,' see-saw fashion, by a man
^standing at'eitber eiud, -causing the
wretched man to yell most piteously.
It-was explained to the visitors that
before a malefactor could be executed
te had to confess bis crime, and in the
vent of; Kis refusal, be was brought
tip iand . tortured every day and
Until ^hfef did so. 'As the' party
left the Court they met a con
-deinned criminal, who was being car
ried out a in basket by two men after
being subjected to the torture, bis
ajbles^bejng broken and other injuries
inflicted before a confession could be
extracted from him.
Leaving Canton,.with its two and, a
half millions Uf people, a visit was made
to Shanghai, situated on the Wanflpo
feere j were "found numerous ' men-of
war anchored off the city for the pro
jection of British and other residents
Xhe .English. and French quarters,1 or
'r*cdfieCTsidni'' adjoin'5ehch other, and
occunv the finest nart of the cltv.
There is a British -volunteer corps of
about 250 men, whose military bearing
fgragH th?l^tteiftion,pfrt|ieU'arty.
The municipal' Council Controls the
police force and customs ; in fact, it
VISES everything, and it is wonderful to
spe wltat^i ^andfol^of Europeans have
lie? wayj Ideal govern
butldings, too, compare favourably
with anything of the kind in Australia.
Jenrickshaws are extremely numerous.
These are carriages drawn by men,
I each of whom at nigbtcarries a lantern,
and it is a very picturesque sight! to
see hundreds of them running along
the3dfa|njatpeejb caltedntbe j !■«-Bunk."
For-' the -ebhveyainde - of ^ the ^poorer
classes and merchandize wheelbarrows
are vsed? s s / i ss g
7 Ki—h w *•«*; i; : t»i-;
:_Tbe feampnns, or river vboats,
from* those at'Canton;, eahli being
propelled at. .great speed by a single
man with a large oar. Several hours
were iepeh't? byi the ; Australians in
foaming, through^ the, Chinese part of
the'city, the narrow streets and shops
of which'resemKled<lhose5-a t Canton -
the sights including a celebrated tea
house, said .to.,be ±he original from
which the demons -willow" pattern in
ehinaware waa'derived. /. "Eight miles
further up the riveiy the:Lopng Pfaw
Pagoda was visited.^,It is a building
seven stories in heights 13ie trip was
accomplishediniahpuse-boat, ^propelled
by a large stern-paddle wheel worked
by 18 men In treadmill fashion, and
\tge~ voyage, either way ^enabled the
Visitors bo - see- a good deal of Chinese
river life. A -pleasant drive from
Shanghai enabled the-tourists to visit
a French monastery, several tea-houses
and bubbling wells being passed on the
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