A Boy's Voyage Round the World

by Samuel Smiles

Albatross, [45], [51].
Alta, Central Pacific Railway, [258].
American cousins, [296];
Indians, [262];
manners, [291];
railway cars, [251].
Amusements onboard ship, [18], [24], [25], [43], [54], [56].
Arrival of Home Mail, Majorca, [179].
Arum esculentum, Honolulu, [227].
Atlantic and Pacific Railway, [250]-[274];
the railway cars, [251];
Sacramento city, [253];
scenery of the Sierra Nevada, [255];
Cape Horn, [258];
snow-sheds, [259], [270];
the Summit, [259];
the Sage desert, [261];
Shoshonie Indians, [262];
Devil's Peak, [263];
Weber Cañon, [266];
Laramie City, [270];
Cheyenne, [272];
Prairie Dog City, [273];
River Platte, [273];
arrival at Omaha, [274].
Auckland, New Zealand, [205]-[211].
Aurora Australis, [129].
Australia, first sight of, [56];
last, [204].
Autumn rains, Majorca, [130].
Avoca, [176].
Azores, [17].
Ballarat, visit to, [163]-[170].
Bank, at Majorca, [91], [130].
Bank-robbing, [159].
Bar at a Gold-rush, [87].
Batman, first settler in Victoria, [63].
Battle Mount, Nevada, [262].
Becalmed on the Line, [29].
Beggars, absence of in Victoria, [64], [95].
Bell-bird, [134].
Birds in South Atlantic, [50].
Black Thursday in Victoria, [121].
'Blue Jacket,' burning of, [32]-[38].
Bonitos, [22], [25].
Booth's Theatre, New York, [299].
Botanic Gardens Melbourne, [71].
Botany Bay, [193].
Bourke Street, Melbourne, [61].
Brighton, [59], [71].
Brooke, the murderer, [156]-[158].
Bush-Animals:—marsupials, [131], [132], [138], [139];
reptiles, [137];
birds, [134]-[136].
Bush-fires, [121].
Bush, the, [104];
in summer, [118], [127];
by moonlight, [178].
Bush-piano, [129].
Calms on the Line, [29].
Cape Brett, [205].
Cape de Verd Islands, [21].
Cape Horn, Central Pacific Railway, [258].
Cape Leeuwin, [56].
Cape of Good Hope, [44], [47].
Cape Otway, [56], [57].
Cape-pigeons, [46], [51].
Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, [65].
Castlemaine, [80].
Castle Rocks, Rocky Mountains, [267].
Cautions against robbers, [160], [299].
Central Pacific Railway, [255]-[264].
Channel, in the, [5], [6].
Cheltenham, Australia, [71].
Cheyenne, U.S., [272].
Chicago, arrival at, [279];
enterprise of, [280];
water-supply, [280]-[281];
tunnels under river, [281], [284];
buildings, [283], [284];
pigs and pork, [284];
grain-trade of, [285];
sleighs, [286];
departure from, [287].
Chinese, character, [65]-[66];
gardens and gardeners, [93], [110], [115];
music, [102];
burials, [103];
gold-diggers, [142]-[144], [148];
at Honolulu, [234];
at San Francisco, [246].
Christmas, in Victoria, [121], [190].
'City of Melbourne,' s.s., [202]-[219].
Climate of Victoria:
winter, [107];
spring, [116];
summer, [117];
autumn, [125], [130].

Clunes, [109]-[111], [170].
Coach, journeys by:
Castlemaine to Majorca, [81];
Clunes to Ballarat, [164];
Auckland to Onehunga, [208].
Cochon Islands, [53].
Collingwood Bank, attempt to rob, [159].
Collins Street, Melbourne, [62].
Cook, Capt., in New South Wales, [193].
Corner, the, Ballarat, [168].
Council Bluffs, U.S., [276].
Crab-holes, [171].
Crozet Islands, [52].
Dale Creek Bridge, U.S., [271].
Death on board ship, [242].
Deck-bath in Tropics, [23].
Descent into a gold-mine, [147].
Detroit, U.S., [290];
to Niagara, [290]-[292].
Devil's Peak, Rocky Mountains, [263];
Gate, [266].
Diggers,
at a gold-rush, [86], [87], [88];
amateur, [145];
Chinese, [142], [148];
hospitality of, [97], [98].
Diggers' tales, [126], [150], [155].
Divers, Honolulu, [232].
Drink-licence, Honolulu, [234].
Drunkenness, absence of, in Majorca, [94].
Dust-winds in Victoria, [128].
Echo City and Cañon, U.S., [267].
Elsternwick, [71].
Elko, Nevada, [263].
Epsom, New Zealand, [209].
Eucalyptus, [108].
Farms, near Majorca, [125], [126], [128].
Ferry-boat, San Francisco, [249].
Fête at Talbot, [173]-[175];
at Majorca, for School-fund, [185].
Fires in the Bush, [121].
Fire-brigade, Ballarat, [169].
Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, [65].
Flies in Majorca, [121].
Floods, about Majorca, [111];
at Ballarat, [113]-[114];
at Clunes, [113].
Flowers, Majorca, [117].
Flying-fish, [22], [217].
Frenchman in Majorca, [181].
Fruits, Majorca, [122].
Funeral of Majorca Town Clerk, [187].
'Galatea,' H.M.S., [205], [210].
'George Thompson,' of London, [41].
Germans, in Victoria, [90], [91], [180], [181].
Genesee Falls, U.S., [297].
Goat Island, Niagara, [293].
Gold: buying, [140]-[144];
finding, [150]-[152];
mining, [145]-[152], [166], [256];
purifying, [141]-[142];
rushing, [85]-[88], [153], [165], [166].
Grain-trade, Chicago, [285].
Grapes, in Victoria, [124].
'Great Britain,' of Liverpool, [191].
Green sea, shipping a, [49].
Gum-tree, Australian, [83], [108].
Harvest-time, Majorca, [125].
Havelock rush, [154].
Hawaii, [218].
Heat in summer, Australia, [118].
Holystoning, [13].
Honey suckers, [134].
Honolulu: arrival at, [219];
the harbour, [220];
commercial importance of, [222];
description of, [223];
churches, [224];
Post Office, [224];
King's Palace at, [226];
visit to the Nuuanu Valley, [226]-[231];
Poi, [227];
Queen Emma's villa, [228];
the Pali, [230];
the natives, [231];
the women, [233];
liquor-licences, [234];
Chinese opium-licence, [234];
theatricals at, [235];
climate of, [227], [236].
Honolulu to San Francisco, [237]-[243].
Horse-shoe Fall, Niagara, [294].
Hudson River, [298].
Humboldt, U.S., [261].
Ice-Bird, [51].
Ice consumption in U.S., [288].
Ice harvest, Lake Michigan, [288].
Illinois Prairie, [278].
Irish in Majorca, [91].
Kalamazoo, U.S., [290].
Kamehameha V., [237].

Kanakas, Honolulu, [229]-[233].
Kangaroo, [138], [200].
Landing in Australia, [59].
Laramie City, U.S., [270].
Leatherheads, [134].
Leeches in Victoria, [129].
Les Apôtres Islands, [53].
Libraries, Public, in Australia,—Melbourne, [66];
Ballarat, [167];
Majorca, [186].
Line, cross the, [29], [217].
Liquor-law, Honolulu, [234].
Lowe Kong Meng Mine, [147].
'Lord Raglan,' [26], [27].
Lovers' Seat, Niagara, [295].
Luggage, on American Railways, [290].
Lung complaints, sea voyage in, [10].
MacCullum's Creek, [114].
Macquarie Lighthouse, [194].
Magpie, Australian, [135].
Mails: Victoria and Honolulu, [225];
delays of, New Zealand, [210];
newspapers by Ocean mail, treatment of, [218];
arrival at Majorca, [179].
Majorca, life in, [84]-[188].
Manukau Bay, New Zealand, [210].
Maoris, [207].
Marsupials, [138], [139].
Maryborough, [81];
rush at, [126].
Mathews, Mr. Charles, [192], [235].
Mauna Loa, Sandwich Islands, [219].
Melbourne, arrival at, [60];
description of, [62];
youth of, [63];
rapid growth of, [64];
absence of beggars, [64];
the Chinese quarter, [65];
public library, [67];
visit to Pentridge Prison, [67]-[70];
Botanic Gardens, [71];
the Yarra, [71];
the sea suburbs of, [71];
hospitality of, [72];
Christmas in, [190].
Michigan City, U.S., [289].
Michigan, Lake, [280]-[282], [285], [287].
Mina Birds, [135].
Mississippi River, [228].
Missouri River, [276].
Monument to Cook, 193 (note) (now Page [201], footnote 14).
Moonlight in Victoria, [119], [178].
Mormon fortifications, [267].
'Moses Taylor,' s.s., [232], [239], [241].
Mount Greenock, Australia, [122].
Musquitoes [133], [236].
New chums, [64], [247].
New York, [298].
New Zealand, [202]-[211].
Niagara Falls in winter, [292]-[296].
Nursery Gardens, Rochester, [297].
Nuuanu Valley, Honolulu, [226].
Oahu Island, [222].
Oakland, California, [251].
Ogden, Utah, [264].
Onehunga, New Zealand, [208]-[210].
Opium-licence, Honolulu, [234].
Opossum-shooting, [131]-[133].
Pacific, up the, [212]-[243].
Pali, of the Nuuanu Valley, [230].
Paroquets, [135], [136].
Parliament House, Melbourne, [61].
'Patter v. Clatter,' at Honolulu, 235 (note) (now Page [236], footnote 16).
Pentridge Prison, [67]-[70].
Phosphorescence, [17].
Pigtail, Chinese, [66].
Piping-Crow, [135], [136].
Platte River, U.S., [274].
Plymouth Harbour, [8].
Poi, [227], [228].
Port Jackson, [194]-[196], [203].
Port Phillip Heads, [57].
Possession Island, [53].
'Pyrmont,' of Hamburg, [32], [38].
Queenscliffe, Australia, [58], [191].
Race with 'George Thompson,' [42].
Railway: Atlantic and Pacific, see [Atlantic];
to Castlemaine, [79];
carriage, American, [251];
smash, [289];
touters at S. Francisco, [247].
Rain in Victoria, [109], [111].
Robbed in New York, [299].
Rochester, U.S., [296].
'Rosa' of Guernsey, abandoned, [7].
Rough life at the Diggings, [153].
Rushes, gold, [85], [86], [153], [165], [166].
Sacramento, California, [254].

Sage-bush, [261].
'Saginaw,' wreck of the, [238].
Sail Rock, New Zealand, [205].
St. Kilda, Victoria, [59], [71].
San Antonio, [21].
Sandridge, Victoria, [59], [61], [65], [191].
Sandwich Islands, [221].
San Francisco, [243]-[250];
arrival at, [243];
Bay of, [250];
buildings, [245];
Chinese quarter, [246];
ferry-boat, [249];
money-brokers, [246];
railway touters, [247];
railway terminus, [250];
streets, [246].
Schools, Majorca, [184].
Scotch at Majorca, [91].
Serious family, visit to a, [74].
Shipping a green sea, [49].
Shooting sea-birds, [52];
opossums, [131]-[133].
Shoshonie Indians, [262].
"Shouting" for drinks, [94].
Sierra Nevada, [255]-[264].
Sister Islands, Niagara, [295].
Snakes in the Bush, [137].
Snow-sheds and fences, Atlantic and Pacific Railway, [259], [260], [270].
South Atlantic, [41].
Spring at Majorca, [116].
Squatters, [105], [127], [128].
Steam-voyage, monotony of, [212].
Stevenson, on power of waves, 49 (note) (now Page [53], footnote 2).
Stink-pot, [51].
Stockton, California, [253].
Summer in Victoria, [117].
Sunrise in the Bush, [178].
Sunset in the Tropics, [30].
Suspension Bridge, Niagara, [292].
Sydney, [196]-[202];
age of, [197];
animals in Botanic Gardens, [200];
Botanic Gardens, [199], [200];
compared with Melbourne, [197], [198];
Cove, [196];
description of, [197];
domain, [199];
harbours, [197];
public buildings, [197], [199];
suburbs, [201].
Sydney to New Zealand, [202]-[211].
Talbot, [171]-[175].
Taro-plant, [227].
Tea-meetings, Majorca, [182].
Teetotallers, [183].
Telegraph, Victoria, [113], [162].
Theatres: Honolulu, [224];
Melbourne, [61];
New York, [299].
Theatricals on board ship, [54], [56].
Thieves, New York, [299].
Thousand-mile Tree, [267].
Three King's Island, New Zealand, [204].
Trade winds, [19].
Trestle-bridges, Atlantic and Pacific Railway, [256].
Union Pacific Railway, [265]-[274].
Verein, opening of, Majorca, [181].
Victoria, when colonized, [63], [64].
Victorian climate, see [Climate].
Victorian life, [179], [182], [188].
Vineyards, Australia, [125].
Wahsatch Mountains, U.S., [266].
Wallaby, [139].
Water-supply, Chicago, [280], [281].
Wattle-birds, [134].
Weber Cañon, [266].
Western Pacific Railway, [250], [254].
Whale-bird, [46].
Williamstown, Victoria, [59], [71].
Wine in Victoria, [124].
Winter in Majorca, [107].
Wooloomooloo, Sydney, [196].
Work in Victoria, [64], [65], [94].
Wreck of 'Saginaw,' [238].
Wrens, Victorian, [135].
Yarra-Yarra River, [70].
'Yorkshire,' [1]-[59].

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Transcriber's Notes

Some of the maps have been moved slightly to avoid breaking up the paragraphs. The map on page [50] was originally split across pages 50-51.

Minor punctuation corrections and the following changes have been made:

CONTENTS: These changes were made to match the chapter headings:
Under CHAPTER [II]: The Cape de Verde changed to The Cape de Verd.
Under CHAPTER [III]: Paying my "Footing" changed to Paying "Footings".
The Major's Wonderful Story "Capped" changed to The Major's Wonderful Stories.
Under CHAPTER [XIII]: The Piping Crow changed to The Piping-Crow.
Under CHAPTER [XXII]: Behavior changed to Behaviour (of the Ship).
Under CHAPTER [XXVII]: A Railway Smash changed to A Railway Smashed.

Pages [2] and [48]: mizenmast changed to mizen-mast.

Page [8]: probabilty changed to probability (probability of our).

Page [13]: india-rubber changed to India-rubber.

Page [16]: Repeating "a" removed (water at a splendid pace).