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The Quartermaster of the “Britannia”

           "Areyouspeakingseriously?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Perfectlyso,myLord.Itisajourneyof350miles,notmore.Ifwegotwelvemilesadayitwillbarelytakeusamonth,justlongenoughtoputthevesselintrim.Ifwehadtocrossthecontinentinalowerlatitude,atitswildestpart,andtraverseimmensedeserts,wherethereisnowaterandwheretheheatistropical,andgowherethemostadventuroustravelershaveneveryetventured,thatwouldbeadifferentmatter.Butthe37thparallelcutsonlythroughtheprovinceofVictoria,quiteanEnglishcountry,withroadsandrailways,andwellpopulatedalmosteverywhere.Itisajourneyyoumightmake,almost,inachaise,thoughawagonwouldbebetter.ItisameretripfromLondontoEdinburgh,nothingmore."

           "Whataboutwildbeasts,though?"askedGlenarvan,anxioustogointoallthedifficultiesoftheproposal.

           "TherearenowildbeastsinAustralia."

           "Andhowaboutthesavages?"

           "Therearenosavagesinthislatitude,andiftherewere,theyarenotcruel,liketheNewZealanders."

           "Andtheconvicts?"

           "Therearenoconvictsinthesouthernprovinces,onlyintheeasterncolonies.TheprovinceofVictorianotonlyrefusedtoadmitthem,butpassedalawtopreventanyticket-of-leavemenfromotherprovincesfromenteringherterritories.ThisveryyeartheGovernmentthreatenedtowithdrawitssubsidyfromthePeninsularCompanyiftheirvesselscontinuedtotakeincoalinthosewesternpartsofAustraliawhereconvictsareadmitted

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