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months we had the pleasure of listening to some good music. It 

 was not for long, however. Our anchor was soon a -weigh, and 

 waving a final farewell to our friends we steamed slowly out of the 

 harbour to the strains of our favourite llalaguefia. 



With the homeward voyage of the Marchesa I need not weary 

 my readers. On the 3rd of January we arrived at Singapore, and 

 two months later found ourselves in the Suez Canal. So cold 

 did it seem to us after the damp heat of New Guinea and the 

 Moluccas that we were glad enough to put on cloth clothes. They 

 served to remind us that we had soon to resume other habits of 

 civilisation. On Easter Monday, April 14th, 1884, we dropped 

 anchor oft' Southampton, and the Cruise of the Marchesa was a 

 thing of the past. 



THE MARCHESA. 



