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The
outrage
at
Camden
Bridge
was
the
reason
for
all
this
,
and
many
a
colonist
fastened
himself
in
with
bolts
and
bars
now
at
dusk
,
who
used
to
sleep
with
open
doors
and
windows
.
The
Government
itself
displayed
zeal
and
prudence
,
especially
in
the
Post-office
department
.
On
this
very
day
,
just
as
Glenarvan
and
his
party
were
on
their
way
from
Kilmore
to
Heathcote
,
the
mail
dashed
by
at
full
speed
;
but
though
the
horses
were
at
a
gallop
,
Glenarvan
caught
sight
of
the
glittering
weapons
of
the
mounted
police
that
rode
by
its
side
,
as
they
swept
past
in
a
cloud
of
dust
.
The
travelers
might
have
fancied
themselves
back
in
those
lawless
times
when
the
discovery
of
the
first
gold-fields
deluged
the
Australian
continent
with
the
scum
of
Europe
.
A
mile
beyond
the
road
to
Kilmore
,
the
wagon
,
for
the
first
time
since
leaving
Cape
Bernouilli
,
struck
into
one
of
those
forests
of
gigantic
trees
which
extend
over
a
super-fices
of
several
degrees
.
A
cry
of
admiration
escaped
the
travelers
at
the
sight
of
the
eucalyptus
trees
,
two
hundred
feet
high
,
with
tough
bark
five
inches
thick
.
The
trunks
,
measuring
twenty
feet
round
,
and
furrowed
with
foamy
streaks
of
an
odorous
resin
,
rose
one
hundred
and
fifty
feet
above
the
soil
.
Not
a
branch
,
not
a
twig
,
not
a
stray
shoot
,
not
even
a
knot
,
spoilt
the
regularity
of
their
outline
.
They
could
not
have
come
out
smoother
from
the
hands
of
a
turner
.
They
stood
like
pillars
all
molded
exactly
alike
,
and
could
be
counted
by
hundreds
.
At
an
enormous
height
they
spread
out
in
chaplets
of
branches
,
rounded
and
adorned
at
their
extremity
with
alternate
leaves
.
At
the
axle
of
these
leaves
solitary
flowers
drooped
down
,
the
calyx
of
which
resembles
an
inverted
urn
.
Under
this
leafy
dome
,
which
never
lost
its
greenness
,
the
air
circulated
freely
,
and
dried
up
the
dampness
of
the
ground
.
Horses
,
cattle
,
and
wagon
could
easily
pass
between
the
trees
,
for
they
were
standing
in
wide
rows
,
and
parceled
out
like
a
wood
that
was
being
felled
.
This
was
neither
like
the
densely-packed
woods
choked
up
with
brambles
,
nor
the
virgin
forest
barricaded
with
the
trunks
of
fallen
trees
,
and
overgrown
with
inextricable
tangles
of
creepers
,
where
only
iron
and
fire
could
open
up
a
track
.
A
grassy
carpet
at
the
foot
of
the
trees
,
and
a
canopy
of
verdure
above
,
long
perspectives
of
bold
colors
,
little
shade
,
little
freshness
at
all
,
a
peculiar
light
,
as
if
the
rays
came
through
a
thin
veil
,
dappled
lights
and
shades
sharply
reflected
on
the
ground
,
made
up
a
whole
,
and
constituted
a
peculiar
spectacle
rich
in
novel
effects
.
The
forests
of
the
Oceanic
continent
do
not
in
the
least
resemble
the
forests
of
the
New
World
;
and
the
Eucalyptus
,
the
"
Tara
"
of
the
aborigines
,
belonging
to
the
family
of
MYRTACEA
,
the
different
varieties
of
which
can
hardly
be
enumerated
,
is
the
tree
par
excellence
of
the
Australian
flora
.
The
reason
of
the
shade
not
being
deep
,
nor
the
darkness
profound
,
under
these
domes
of
verdure
,
was
that
these
trees
presented
a
curious
anomaly
in
the
disposition
of
the
leaves
.
Instead
of
presenting
their
broad
surface
to
the
sunlight
,
only
the
side
is
turned
.
Only
the
profile
of
the
leaves
is
seen
in
this
singular
foliage
.
Consequently
the
sun
's
rays
slant
down
them
to
the
earth
,
as
if
through
the
open
slants
of
a
Venetian
blind
.
Glenarvan
expressed
his
surprise
at
this
circumstance
,
and
wondered
what
could
be
the
cause
of
it
.
Paganel
,
who
was
never
at
a
loss
for
an
answer
,
immediately
replied
:
"
What
astonishes
me
is
not
the
caprice
of
nature
.
She
knows
what
she
is
about
,
but
botanists
do
n't
always
know
what
they
are
saying
.
Nature
made
no
mistake
in
giving
this
peculiar
foliage
to
the
tree
,
but
men
have
erred
in
calling
them
EUCALYPTUS
.
"
"
What
does
the
word
mean
?
"
asked
Mary
Grant
.
"
It
comes
from
a
Greek
word
,
meaning
I
cover
well
.
They
took
care
to
commit
the
mistake
in
Greek
,
that
it
might
not
be
so
self-evident
,
for
anyone
can
see
that
the
ecualyptus
covers
badly
.
"
