- tralia by members of an energetic Sports Committee.
In the early days certain of the citizens of Australia said: "Our people have no amusement; let us import rabbits from England, that there may be something to hunt." So a Sports Committee was formed, and members of it held public meetings, and passed subscription papers, and abused those who did not give. As a result of it all, rabbits were imported from England, and they are now a far greater pest than English sparrows are in the United States.
Sunday, February 23.—Our tall pastor conducted
Holy Communion services at 7 o'clock this morning,
in the music-room. There were four present: the
pastor, his wife, his nurse maid, and myself. I am a
very early riser, and this service was the only thing going
on; besides, I nearly always sympathize with a small
attendance. Our pastor carries two uniforms with
him; a white one fringed with black, and another entirely
of black, which he wore this morning. I am inclined
to believe that he is Low Church. The most
animated and vicious church row I was ever familiar
with started because a certain pastor insisted on using
wafers in his communion service, whereas a bossy
woman in the congregation preferred bread. Bread
is Low Church; wafers represent the High, I am told. . . .
Although only three persons attended the
communion service, out of a total of possibly three
hundred on the ship, our pastor does not go around
making sneering remarks about his efforts not being
