Great Barrier Reef.

Brisbane was made, and then Sydney, from which port a passage was taken
for home, where all arrived in safety with the grandest set of Natural
History specimens ever collected in one voyage.

"I do wonder what became of those blacks," said Panton, one evening when
they were dining with Captain Rimmer, to celebrate his appointment to a
fine vessel in the China trade, in which he was to start the following
week, and in which he had laughingly offered them a cabin for three.

"Nothing would please me better," he had said, "and you will find your
old friends Smith and Wriggs with me as boatswain and his mate."

But appointments at scientific institutions kept the three friends at
home, and it was in the course of conversation that Panton alluded to
the blacks.

"Ah, and I wonder what became of all those wondrous butterflies and
birds?"

"And the wealth of vegetation?" said Drew.

"Swept away, sir," said the captain, "swept away. Strange things take
place where there are burning mountains."

"But out of the ruins fresh natural glories grow," said Panton.

"Yes," said Oliver, "and I suppose all things are for the best. But I
should have liked to go with you, Captain Rimmer, to see Fire Island
once again."

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