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influence, are quite superior, not only in appear- 

 ance, but in manners and physique, to those of 

 the larger towns. 



After passing through the Torres Straits, where 

 we visited Thursday and Prince of Wales Islands, 

 we "coaled" at Singapore and Colombo and 

 thence proceeded via the Suez Canal for home, 

 and on August 1st, 1903, we dropped anchor at 

 Cowes. 



THE END. 



