. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. en Newcastle and Brisbane, as already described. For some dis-tance the railway lay along the valley of the Brisbane River, whichcontains some excellent farming country, with fine stretches of woodlandand occasional swamps. The dividing range of mountains filled thewestern horizon, and the labored puffing of the locomotiv^e at frequentintervals to
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. en Newcastle and Brisbane, as already described. For some dis-tance the railway lay along the valley of the Brisbane River, whichcontains some excellent farming country, with fine stretches of woodlandand occasional swamps. The dividing range of mountains filled thewestern horizon, and the labored puffing of the locomotiv^e at frequentintervals told that the grade was an ascending one. In the immediatevicinity of Brisbane the land is of poor qualitv, except in the neighbor-hood of the streams, and in the early days of the colony a great manysettlers were rained by attempting to establish farms Avhere the soilAvas not suitable. But in spite of these early discouragements the capa- 340 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. bilities of the region have been developed by the perseverance of thesettlers; at present the visitor to the district around Brisbane will seeprosperous farms, vineyards, orchards, and gardens, though he will stillfind a great deal of land that is practically AMONG THE FOOT-HILLS. At a station a few miles out from the city the train halted for sev-eral minutes, and gave Frank and Fred an opportunity to glance at oneof these suburban farms. The house of the owner was embowered invine^^ards, and close by was a field or plantation of pineapples, Avhichgrow here in great profusion, and are of delicious quality. Frank askedthe name of a vine that had crept over the roof of the house and almostconcealed it from sight; he learned that it was known as the passion-fruit, and was a native plant, producing a very pleasant tart fruit, whichunfortunately was not then in season. There was a garden at one sideof the house, and in it were all the vegetables of an English garden,including several kinds of melo
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