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IN AUSTRALIAN WILDS 



need muscular arms to pull a boat from Deal 

 to Dover. The remaining islets are named South- 

 West and North-East respectively. The former is 

 a bleak rock, and the latter, on which Mutton-Birds 

 nest, has an area of about five acres. 



AN ISLAND GARDEN. 



On Deal Island there is a lighthouse, 900 feet 

 above sea level. We naturalists received a warm wel- 

 come from the lightkeeper and his family, and a day 

 was spent, pleasantly enough, rambling over the is- 

 land. One of the keeper's daughters owned a de- 

 lightful garden, sheltered from winds by a brushwood 

 fence. It was not large, but when the young 

 gardener flung open the gate and invited us to enter, 

 our eyes were dazzled by glowing colours. Here were 

 old-fashioned plants blooming on a lonely island ; the 



