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A Country of Paradoxes

           Asnospecialmarchingorderhadbeenagreedupon,everybodywasatlibertytofollowhisinclinationswithincertainlimits.Thehunterscouldscourtheplain,amiablefolkscouldtalktothefairoccupantsofthewagon,andphilosopherscouldphilosophize.Paganel,whowasallthreecombined,hadtobeandwaseverywhereatonce.

           ThemarchacrossAdelaidepresentednothingofanyparticularinterest.Asuccessionoflowhillsrichindust,alongstretchofwhattheycallinAustralia"bush,"severalprairiescoveredwithasmallpricklybush,consideredagreatdaintybytheovinetribe,embracedmanymiles.HereandtheretheynoticedaspeciesofsheeppeculiartoNewHollandsheepwithpig’sheads,feedingbetweenthepostsofthetelegraphlinerecentlymadebetweenAdelaideandthecoast.

           UptothistimetherehadbeenasingularresemblanceinthecountrytothemonotonousplainsoftheArgentinePampas.Therewasthesamegrassyflatsoil,thesamesharply-definedhorizonagainstthesky.McNabbsdeclaredtheyhadneverchangedcountries;butPaganeltoldhimtowait,andhewouldsoonseeadifference.Andonthefaithofthisassurancemarvelousthingswereexpectedbythewholeparty.

           Inthisfashion,afteramarchofsixtymilesintwodays,thecaravanreachedtheparishofApsley,thefirsttownintheProvinceofVictoriaintheWimerradistrict.

           ThewagonwasputupattheCrownInn.Supperwassoonsmokingonthetable.Itconsistedsolelyofmuttonservedupinvariousways.

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