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constantly associated, so that one could get both on 

 the same photographic plate; at Byfields, Bowenia and 

 Macrozamia were similarly associated, and at Cairns 

 Cycas and Bowenia were growing together. 



There are no cycads in Victoria, although they thrive 

 in the open in the botanical garden at Melbourne. 

 There are none in the vast desert of the central part. 

 There is one species of Macrozamia in the western part 

 near Perth, but the steamer stop was too short to risk a 



Fig. 15. — Albatross 



visit, and I could not wait a month for another boat. 

 Besides, I had already secured photographs and several 

 collections of cones and seeds through correspondence 

 with a local botanist. Consequently, after leaving 

 Sydney I made steamer stops only at Melbourne and 

 Freemantle and then started on the long voyage across 

 the Indian Ocean to Africa. 



Throughout the voyage, fourteen days out of sight of 

 land, we were accompanied by a large flock of albatross. 

 The crime of the ''Ancient Mariner" must still linger 

 in the albatross mind, for not one of the birds ever 

 alighted on the ship. They are built along monoplane 



