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They
all
ate
heartily
,
but
talked
more
than
they
ate
,
eagerly
asking
Paganel
questions
about
the
wonders
of
the
country
they
were
just
beginning
to
traverse
.
The
amiable
geographer
needed
no
pressing
,
and
told
them
first
that
this
part
of
it
was
called
Australia
Felix
.
"
Wrongly
named
!
"
he
continued
.
"
It
had
better
have
been
called
rich
,
for
it
is
true
of
countries
,
as
individuals
,
that
riches
do
not
make
happiness
.
Thanks
to
her
gold
mines
,
Australia
has
been
abandoned
to
wild
devastating
adventurers
.
You
will
come
across
them
when
we
reach
the
gold
fields
.
"
"
Is
not
the
colony
of
Victoria
of
but
a
recent
origin
?
"
asked
Lady
Glenarvan
.
"
Yes
,
madam
,
it
only
numbers
thirty
years
of
existence
.
It
was
on
the
6th
of
June
,
1835
,
on
a
Tuesday
--
"
"
At
a
quarter
past
seven
in
the
evening
,
"
put
in
the
Major
,
who
delighted
in
teasing
the
Frenchman
about
his
precise
dates
.
"
No
,
at
ten
minutes
past
seven
,
"
replied
the
geographer
,
gravely
,
"
that
Batman
and
Falckner
first
began
a
settlement
at
Port
Phillip
,
the
bay
on
which
the
large
city
of
Melbourne
now
stands
.
For
fifteen
years
the
colony
was
part
of
New
South
Wales
,
and
recognized
Sydney
as
the
capital
;
but
in
1851
,
she
was
declared
independent
,
and
took
the
name
of
Victoria
.
"
"
And
has
greatly
increased
in
prosperity
since
then
,
I
believe
,
"
said
Glenarvan
.
"
Judge
for
yourself
,
my
noble
friend
,
"
replied
Paganel
.
"
Here
are
the
numbers
given
by
the
last
statistics
;
and
let
McNabbs
say
as
he
likes
,
I
know
nothing
more
eloquent
than
statistics
.
"
"
Go
on
,
"
said
the
Major
.
"
Well
,
then
,
in
1836
,
the
colony
of
Port
Phillip
had
224
inhabitants
.
To-day
the
province
of
Victoria
numbers
550,000
.
Seven
millions
of
vines
produce
annually
121
--
000
gallons
of
wine
.
There
are
103,000
horses
spreading
over
the
plains
,
and
675,272
horned
cattle
graze
in
her
wide-stretching
pastures
.
"
