A Boy's Voyage Round the World

Samuel Smiles · 1868-1871 (composed largely during the voyage narrative and redacted/arranged for publication by the editor)

passage 9 of 162 · CHAPTER I.

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PLACES ABOUT. 163

VISIT TO BALLARAT--THE JOURNEY BY COACH--BALLARAT FOUNDED ON GOLD--DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN--BALLARAT "CORNER"--THE SPECULATIVE COBBLER--FIRE BRIGADES--RETURN JOURNEY--CRAB-HOLES--THE TALBOT BALL--THE TALBOT FETE--THE AVOCA RACES--SUNRISE IN THE BUSH

CONCLUSION OF MAJORCAN LIFE. 179

VICTORIAN LIFE ENGLISH--ARRIVAL OF THE HOME MAIL--NEWS OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR--THE GERMAN SETTLERS IN MAJORCA--THE SINGLE FRENCHMAN--MAJORCAN PUBLIC TEAS--THE CHURCH--THE RANTERS--THE TEETOTALLERS--THE COMMON SCHOOL--THE ROMAN CATHOLICS--COMMON SCHOOL FETE AND ENTERTAINMENT--THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE--FUNERAL OF THE TOWN CLERK--DEPARTURE FROM MAJORCA--THE COLONY OF VICTORIA

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A Boy's Voyage Round the World · Samuel Smiles · 1868–1871