Jean, Our Little Australian Cousin

age. They stood at the taffrail looking over th

t there, Father," said Fergus. "H

hed his mother, as she took little Jea

y. "See, there is the very first glimpse of it," and he pointe

d presently. "See the lighthouse! Soon we sh

have told us about the time you were here long ago, before you married my mother, and you had

. "Melbourne is very different now from what it was then, and th

to think that then the blacks owned all this land and the Wawoorong, Boonoorong, and Wautourong tribes roamed these shores, and that when Russell laid out his city there were native huts standing. The place was called Bear Grass, and in 1837 th

father had been a farmer, but he had lost all his little fortune through

t as Canada is, and though it is at the ot

e to visit her before going to the Gold Count

the trip, while Mrs. Hume's sadness at leaving her old home was mixed with joy a

sting for the children, and they were very much

ove in a cab up Flinders Street, "Melbourne

toria is the busiest part of this country, although the people of New South Wales will tel

at variety of products," said Mrs. Hume. "The shops have all manner of thing

aid Mr. Hume. "You will see considerable of it

s, who loved the water, "

g by steamer and stopping at Hobart in Tasmania, but it will take a great deal longer and you wil

for all of us," said Mrs. Hume. "The children are tir

" exclai

her!" cried Fergu

now that in the Southern Hemisphere, winter and summe

e cold?" a

ing Scotch frost. It is not very cold here,

ce at all," said Fergus.

iss here," said his mother sadly

gold you want, and that is something you never had in Scotland. Now, our fine drive is over and here we are

cried both of

eve after all that we shall go by boat to Sydney. I understan

ad," sai

to do but have our luggage transferred from one boat to t