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           Paganel,aswashiscustom,tookRobertwithhim.Hisvisittothetownwasveryshort,butitsufficedtogivehimanexactideaofAustraliantowns.Therewasabank,acourt-house,amarket,achurch,andahundredorsoofbrickhouses,allexactlyalike.Thewholetownwaslaidoutinsquares,crossedwithparallelstreetsintheEnglishfashion.Nothingcouldbemoresimple,nothinglessattractive.Asthetowngrows,theylengthenthestreetsaswelengthenthetrousersofagrowingchild,andthustheoriginalsymmetryisundisturbed.

           Carisbrookwasfullofactivity,aremarkablefeatureinthesetownsofyesterday.ItseemsinAustraliaasiftownsshotupliketrees,owingtotheheatofthesun.Menofbusinesswerehurryingalongthestreets;goldbuyerswerehasteningtomeetthein-comingescort;thepreciousmetal,guardedbythelocalpolice,wascomingfromtheminesatBendigoandMountAlexander.Allthelittleworldwassoabsorbedinitsowninterests,thatthestrangerspassedunobservedamidthelaboriousinhabitants.

           AfteranhourdevotedtovisitingCarisbrook,thetwovisitorsrejoinedtheircompanions,andcrossedahighlycultivateddistrict.Longstretchesofprairie,knownasthe"LowLevelPlains,"nextmettheirgaze,dottedwithcountlesssheep,andshepherds’huts.Andthencameasandytract,withoutanytransition,butwiththeabruptnessofchangesocharacteristicofAustralianscenery.MountSimpsonandMountTerrengowermarkedthesouthernpointwheretheboundaryoftheLoddondistrictcutsthe144thmeridian.

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