John Bull & co.; the great colonial branches of the firm: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa . the public-housesin Sydney and Melbourne. I cannot leave Melbourne without expressing mythanks to the genial French Consul, M. Leon Dejardin,who gave me a most cordial welcome, helped me withhis good advice, and gave me valuable information onthe subject of Australia. The journey from Melbourne to Adelaide is just likethe one from Sydney to Melbourne, a monotonouseighteen hours journey through the eucalyptus. How-ever, an hour before you reach Adelaide the country be-comes more hilly, th
John Bull & co.; the great colonial branches of the firm: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa . the public-housesin Sydney and Melbourne. I cannot leave Melbourne without expressing mythanks to the genial French Consul, M. Leon Dejardin,who gave me a most cordial welcome, helped me withhis good advice, and gave me valuable information onthe subject of Australia. The journey from Melbourne to Adelaide is just likethe one from Sydney to Melbourne, a monotonouseighteen hours journey through the eucalyptus. How-ever, an hour before you reach Adelaide the country be-comes more hilly, the forest grows thicker, and when,from the last hill, you look down on Adelaide the viewis magnificent. Adelaide, a town of a hundred thousand inhabitants. 66 JOHN BULL & CO. has not yet attained such an importance as Sydney orMelbourne, but it is making giant strides, and, thanksto its cereals, its vineyards, and its mines, it is destinedto become the equal of these two great cities. To mytaste, it is the prettiest of the three. Adelaide is builtin blocks, American fashion, and is surrounded by su-. VICTORIA SQUARE, FROM P. O. TOWER, ADELAIDE[From a Photograph by Lindt, Melbourne.\ perb parks. Beyond this it is hedged around with bluemountains, but the town is so clean, so coquettish-look-ing, so neat, its general appearance so gay, that you for-get the landscape, and think of the comfort that mustbe found in all those attractive-looking houses. Aroundabout all looks prosperous and fertile : golden corn fields, JOHN BULL & CO. 6/ vines, orange-trees bending under their wealth of fruit,rich pastures, mines of gold, silver, and copper almostin the neighborhood ; this is what you admire aboutAdelaide much more than its Post Of^ce or its TownHall. I passed a week most agreeably in this pretty city,thanks in part, it must be admitted, to the cordial recep-tion extended to me by the Governor and Lady Kin-tore, the Lieutenant-Governor (Chief Justice Way) andmany others whom it would b
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