On the Wallaby

national or political history of Victoria. When I was asked to write something about the country which has extended its hospitality to me, and given me bread and cheese - sometimes no cheese, it is true, and more often than not no butter, but still always bread, and an ever-increasing appetite - I must confess I felt frankly scared. There is a very good, if somewhat vulgar, expression in use out here, which speaks of anyone who attempts what is beyond them as "biting off more than they can ...