Photograph from Lieut. W. K. Harris 

 CLIFFS OVERHANGING NATIONAL PASS, IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, NEW SOUTH 



WALKS 



Geologists tell us that the continent of Australia is one of the oldest existing land 

 surfaces, having been good dry land when much of what is now Europe and Asia was still 

 under water. Its mountains are low, mere worn-off stumps, it would seem, for the greatest 

 peaks are only about 7,000 feet high. In the interior the scenery becomes rather monotonous 

 because of its flatness, but in the mountainous country, which follows the general direction 

 of the coast-line, wonderful views, full of color and variety, are to be had upon every hand. 



ception of a small but vociferous faction 

 in Quebec, this feeling has entirely disap- 

 peared. 



In South Africa there had been, as a 

 condition, the Transvaal War and the 

 objection of the Dutch colonists to Eng- 

 lish control. That was solved by the war 

 and by the statesmanlike dealing with the 

 question under Lord Milner and others 

 since that time ; so that now, in a mar- 

 velously short period, and because of the 

 generous and just dealings of England 

 with the dissentient Dutch element, a de- 

 sire to separate from England has been 

 confined to a comparatively few, if we can 



judge by the insignificance of the rebellion 

 headed by De Wet since the war began. 



GREAT BRITAIN IS NOW REAPING HER 

 REWARD 



England has levied no taxes, has re- 

 quired from these dependencies, if they 

 may be called such, no contribution to 

 the heavy cost of the imperial defenses 

 of herself and her Xew Englands and 

 her other dominions. Whatever has been 

 done in the way of the construction of a 

 navy by Australia and whatever has been 

 proposed to be done by Canada in this 

 regard have been entirely voluntary. 



