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Sender: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 16:01:48 -0700
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Subject: Re: Lovely Little Green Valleys
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Some additional notes:  Richard Zacks  mentions the "rolling greenery" 
between Horsham and Ballarat, but he does not mention the stop in Stalwell.

On 4/18/21 3:19 PM, Scott Holmes wrote:
> Some where in Australia is a region, described by Mark Twain in 
> Following The Equator, "The train was now exploring a beautiful hill 
> country, and went twisting in and out through lovely little green 
> valleys."
>
> I'm trying to determine just where this might be. One cannot count on 
> the narrative being chronological but it does appear that he traveled 
> through this region on the train ride from Melbourne to Adelaide or 
> from Adelaide to Horsham.

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