TOUR OF THE WORLD

whole party started for a drive of firentyfive miles over the mountains in a big fourhorse drag we being the guests for that day of mr.
j. k downer a wealthy citizen of Melbourne. through a rolling and wellsettled country we bowled along until we reached the foothills
that were green and wellwooded the clear notes of mrs. leigh lynchs cornet every now and then. waking the echoes. after three hours
ride we reached fern glen the residence of a mr. bruce a friend of the gentleman whose guests we were and to whose broad veranda
we were soon made welcome. the scenery here was beautiful the house itself being situated in a rift of the mountains and surrounded
by giant trees on every side the grounds about being possessed of great natural beauty. after enjoying a splendid lunch provided for
the occasion at melbourne and sent out ahead by wagon we strolled through the beautiful glen with its great ferns that arched the
pathway and the roots of which were watered by a little mountain stream.after an extempore entertainment we again climbed to our
seats in the drag and were driven back to melbourne stopping en route at the stock farm of j. h. miller who had gone into the
business of breeding american trotters and who again persisted in wining and dining us before he would let us go. the travelers rest
the golden swan the bulls head inn and other resorts of a like kind were stopped at on our way back and it was eleven oclock at night
when we were finally set down at the doors of the grand hotel having spent one of the most enjoyable days since our arrival in
melboume. a great days program of sport had been prepared for monday the last day of the year in which cricket baseball and football
were all to have had an inning. the weather however interfered with the baseball and cricket part of the program. the football game
between the carleton and st. kilda football teams proved to be a most interesting contest however and one that we were glad to have
the opportunity of witnessing a heavy shower driving us back to the hotel before we could indulge in either baseball or cricket. two
games were scheduled for new years day but only of these was played and that in the morning the attendance being and the
chicagos winning by a score of to tener pitching for us and healy for the allamericas. that same day there were people at the races
and probably as many more at the various cricket matches and athletic games going on in the city and vicinity so it can readily be
Seen that melbourne was a decidedly sporty place and that we had pretty hard competition to go up against even for new years day.
after luncheon at the cricket grounds we were treated to an exhibition of ropeskipping and boomerang throwing by a lot of aborigines
that was little short of wonderful and that must be seen to be appreciated. the natives could make these curved pieces of wood do all
kinds of seemingly impossible things while for us they would simply do nothing but i expect that with a set of billiard halls several of
our party could have made them look as much like monkeys as they did us with their boomerangs. we were booked to sail from port
melbourne for ceylon on monday june th and saturday afternoon we played our farewell game in the victoria capital before a crowd
that tested the capacity of the grounds the gate count showing that people had paid their way into the enclosure. the program for
the afternoon was a varied one a the winning game between the australian cricketers and the alla merica team being the starter and in
this the american players easily demonstrated their superiority. next came a game of football between the port melbourne and
carleton teams that was played under a modification of the old rugby rules and that proved close and exciting, a fourirning game
between chicago and allamerica followed baldwin and daly and crane and earle being the batteries and it is safe to assert that a
prettier exhibition of baserunning and fielding was never witressed in australia than the one given in that occasion. with not a fielding
error on either side my boys won by a score of to pettit finally ending the game with a splendid running catch of earles long fly to
right field a performance that the spectators cheered again and again. an exhibition of long distance throwing followed crane Williamson
and pfeffer attempting to beat the australian record of yards inches for throwing a five and onehalf ounce cricket ball and this feat
crane accomplished he sending the ball yards inches a performance that the crowd appreciated. at three oclock on monday afternoon
having said farewell to all of our friends in melbourne we took the train for port melbourne seven miles distant and were soon assigned
to our staterooms on board of the salier which was to begin her voyage the next morning. the scene about the dock where the salier
lay that aftenoon was an impressive one the turks and hindoos with their dark skins red turbans and bright costumes the circling
seabirds with their peculiar cries and the many craft of various kinds that moved hither and thither over the blue waters all combining
to make a picture that once seen can never be forgotten.we left australia with many genuine regrets. In the matter of hospitality
that country easily stands at the head of the list of all of those that we visited and if we could have shot a kangaroo or two before
our departure and run up against a party of bushrangers blackbearded and daring elen though they had managed to relieve us of a
few of our valuables we should have been made happy but alas the bushrangers like the bad men of our own glorious west had been
wiped out by the march of civilization and even the kangaroo had taken to the woods when he heard that we were coming so we bore
our disappointment as best we could trusting for better luck in case we should ever be so fortunate as to again visit her majestys
australian colonies. the salier which was one of the german lloyd line of steamers sailed from port melbourne at daybreak on the
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