. Der junge Reisende in Australasien: Abenteuer von zwei Jugendlichen in eine Reise zu den Sandwich, Marquesas, Gesellschaft, Samoanisch und Feejee Inseln, und durch die Kolonien von Neuseeland, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmanien, und South Australia. Ein Spaziergang durch Melbourne. 457 nach London, Paris oder New York, und das Gleiche ist der Fall mit thePost - oiRce, Häuser von ParHament, Gerichte, Öffentliche Bibliothek, NationalGallery, Government House, Ormond College, und andere öffentliche Struct- Maßnahmen. Wir unten gedreht Swanston Street in Richtung des Flusses, theYarra oder, noch richtig sprechen, das Yarra-Y

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. 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. A STROLL THROUGH MELBOURNE. 457 to London, Paris, or New York; and the same is the case with thePost-oiRce, Houses of ParHament, Law Courts, Public Library, NationalGallery, Government House, Ormond College, and other public struct-ures. We turned down Swanston Street in the direction of the river, theYarra, or, to speak more properly, the Yarra-Yarra, as it was originallyknown, though few now call it by the double name. Anybody whocomes here expecting a great river will be disappointed, as the Yarraisnt much of a stream on which to build a city like Melbourne. Itanswers well enough for people to row upon with pleasure-boats and foroccasionally drowning somebody, but is altogether too small and shal-low for large vessels. Steamers and sailing-craft drawing not morethan sixteen feet can coine up to the city, but large vessels must stopat Sandridge, or Port Melbourne, two and a half miles away. The Yarrasupplies water for the Botanical Gardens, but not for the city generally.. COLLINS STREET IN 1870. We reached the river at Princes Bridge, where a fine viaduct ofthree arches replaces the former one of a single arch. There are severalbridges across the Yarra, which separates Melbourne proper from SouthMelbourne and other suburbs, and we were told that new bridges areunder consideration, and will be built as the necessity for them becomesmore pressing. A great deal of money has been expended in deepeningand straightening the river, and it is certainly vastly improved uponthe stream which Batman and Fawkner ascended in 1835, when they 458 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. made the settlements from which Melbourne has grown. Since 1877the river has been deepened three feet, and the minimum low-waterdepth is said to be fourte

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