MOTHER LAND.—Her primitive musky forests, sheltering a few shy, primitive animals and sly autochthons have a particular alluring charm, partly because of their strangeness – of the deep gulf between them and the younger parts of the world.¶
Yes, the younger, for Australia, so new to civilization, is, in her sensual vegetation, her flirtatious animals, and her resilient aboriginal men, the very oldest of the earth’s lands. She is an older, naked land readily and willingly to yield to an experienced gentleman of the refined races.¶
Her fascinating landscape invites exploration by the eye, and then, insistently, by every inch of curiosity that an educated British man can muster.¶
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