The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . olony or as several, albeit the heat isgreat in some parts. On this subject, however, it is ])erhaps as well not to enlarge, forheat is a sore point on which to touch the susceptibilities of the Australian. The thorough-paced colonist is by no means pleased to hear that the country of his adoption is warm,while to hint that his house is hot is likely to j)rovoke as great a coolness between host • Catalogue of the Queensland Exhibits at the Taris E.\position, 187
The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . olony or as several, albeit the heat isgreat in some parts. On this subject, however, it is ])erhaps as well not to enlarge, forheat is a sore point on which to touch the susceptibilities of the Australian. The thorough-paced colonist is by no means pleased to hear that the country of his adoption is warm,while to hint that his house is hot is likely to j)rovoke as great a coolness between host • Catalogue of the Queensland Exhibits at the Taris E.\position, 1878; Catalogue of Exhibits at thePhiladelphia Exhibition, 187C; Census of the Colony of Queensland, taken on the 1st of May, 1876;Queensland Statistics and Blue Book for the current year; Kennedy: ? Eour Years in Queensland (1870);Some Australian Capitals, by Red Spinner (llr. William Senior), in The Gciitltmaiis Magazine, July, 1870,ic. For many of the ofticial papers from which these notes are condensed I am indebted to the HonourableArthur JIacalister, , Agent-General for the Colony. iH||||||||[i,!f!til1il!iiii*^fl^. Q?A 222 Tlir. COIXTRIES OF TIIK -WORLD. and -ucst as if liis wifes complexion or his mothers tem])er had been animadverted on ina truthful but uncomplimentary manner. Some Avsti! Institutions. It is difficult in a few words to express any opinion about a people wliicli wouldat once comprehensively and yet truthfully characterise them. Accordinsay that the Australians are growing up into a ])eouliar race, just as the Americans climate seems to be favourable to fecundity. Hence large families are common, whilethe dryness of the air is ecpially prejudicial to an accumulation of fat. Accordinglythe lanky character of Australian youths of the second or third generations has been somarkedly noticed, that a Sydney corn-stalk is a familiar designation for the native-born lad whose inches have excelled those of his sires, born under different stars,
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