Identifier: boytravellersina00knox (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 Harper & Brothers. pbl
Subjects: Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers Tutors and tutoring Friendship Sailing Sailors Animals Natural history
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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SLBLRBAX RESIDENCE ON THE RIVER S BANK. 344 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASLV.
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GATHERING THE GRAPES. \ erse. Flocks of pigeons, cock-atoos, and parrots fly aroundand coo and chatter; cat birds,bell-birds, whip birds, laughing-jackasses, and a host of othersdart about and make the airresound with their notes; andif you watch the ground youwill quite likely get a glimpseof wild turkeys and other birds that make their home there and shunthe hmbs of the trees. Keep a sharp eye out, too, as you may comeacross snakes, and some of them are poisonous. Fred was about to ask concerning the snakes of Australia, but theirloquacious friend did not give hhn a chance to do so. He pointed tothe opposite side of the train, and told the youths to observe what wasthere visible. That shows j^ou the difference between scrub and forest, said he; the forest land has heavier timber, but no underbrush ; you can rideon horseback through it, while you cannot get along on foot in thescrub without a hatchet. Im speaking now of the vine scrub alongthe coast, he continued ; in the interior we

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