October 22 Tuesday – In Ballarat, Australia Sam gave his “Mark Twain At Home” (No. 2) lecture at Mechanics’ Institute, and included the Australian Poem. — Reviews published Oct. 23: Ballarat Courier, Ballarat Star.

An announcement was published in Geelong that Twain would lecture on Oct. 28 despite R.S. Smythe’s quarantined condition. “Until last week there were two places on this globe which Mr. Smythe had not visited — quarantine and the North Pole — both considered unsuitable for lecturers. Now there is only one” [Shillingsburg, “Down Under” 18]. (Does this sound like Sam?)