It was while half tired of ship life already, and longing for the
excitements of shore in a new country, that the boy turned round to his
father, and said, with a sort of yawn--
“What a long while we shall be getting to Australia, father.
It is a great distance to go, James.
Well, I think the earth must be a good big ball to roll about among the
stars.
You ought to know its size.