Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . nd the surrounding country is laidout in farms, vineyards, and orchards. Here the first woolen mill in Victoria was built, andreceived the government award of one thousand five hundred ])ounds. It was for some timeconsidered the second city in Victoria, but has l)ecn disjjossessed of this preeminence byliallarat. It is built on an inclined plane or smooth side hill, and jiresents a most jjicturesqueappearance either from the bay or from the hills above. The botanical g
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . nd the surrounding country is laidout in farms, vineyards, and orchards. Here the first woolen mill in Victoria was built, andreceived the government award of one thousand five hundred ])ounds. It was for some timeconsidered the second city in Victoria, but has l)ecn disjjossessed of this preeminence byliallarat. It is built on an inclined plane or smooth side hill, and jiresents a most jjicturesqueappearance either from the bay or from the hills above. The botanical gardens and parks ofthis town are beautiful beyond descrijjtion. The former are cultivated by a most exjjeriencedman and noble Christian, Mr. J. Radensburg, who jjresented Mrs. Iliillips on our dei)arturefrom the place, with a bouquet of rich exotic flowers, and a package containing many varie-ties of choice seeds. The botanical gardens of this island arc undoubtedly the most the world, the climate being jjeculiarly adapted to their culture, while in mo>t of them areto be found fine collections of MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTRALIA. My next visit was to CasUemaine and the old gold-fields. This town has about eighteenthousand inhabitants, and is the locality where gold was first discovered in Australia, andwas for a long time its most important mining field. Its streets are well laid out, it is (luitenotable in public buildings, its water-works are fine and very cosdy, and it has a spaciousmarket building. The entire surface of the locality has been dug over and over again insearch of the precious metal. The ground in the vicinity is a mixture of red earth and and wine-making are carried on to a considerable extent. Rev. Mr. Daniels,my polite host, pointed out to me many fine vineyards, but informed me that the districtrelied principally on its mining and agricultural resources for its prosperity. My serviceswere held in the theater. The a
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