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waters by means of a causeway and bridge known as the " Willow CHAP. XVII. 

 Bund/' from the Indian willows which Hue its banks. It is situated municip^li. 

 towai-ds the upper or eastern portion of the lake and is the tieh and 

 means of communication between the north-west and south- tatiqn s. 

 west portions of the town. The western lake is sinuous in form 

 with grassy headlands and reedy bays. Upon the hills which 

 surround it, more or less concealed by woods of eucalyptus, 

 acacia, cypress, and pine, stand some of the finest private 

 residences in the town ; whilst on a picturesque foreland of its 

 southern bank stands the new Church of St. Thomas, a gothic 

 edifice, and opposite to it, on the north bank, though at a 

 greater distance from the lake, the Roman Catholic Church 

 dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Around the margin of the lake 

 runs a wide carriage drive, from various points in which good 

 views of the valley may be obtained. 



The upper lake is an oval piece of water, which is at present 

 much contaminated by the drainage of the Native town or bazaar 

 which lies on its northern bank. The marsh at the head or 

 eastern extremity of this lake has now been reclaimed and 

 levelled, and is being formed into a park, known as the Hobart 

 Park, for purposes of public recreation. The area, including the 

 lands lying on the northern and southern margins of the lake as 

 far as the Willow Bund, is about thirty acres. A portion of 

 the ground (about seven acres) near the road to the south, at 

 the foot of the western wood-covered slopes of Elk Hill, is 

 appropriated to a gymkhana with a pavilion, a pretty octagonal 

 structure of brick and teakwood with high-pitched roof and sharp 

 gables. The grounds about it are laid out with shrubberies, trees 

 and flowers. Opposite to the pavilion, at the eastern extremity 

 of the Native bazaar, stands the Hobart School for Native girls, 

 and to the east of it the public mai'ket. Beyond the latter is 

 the agraharam, or Brahmins' village. On the slope of the hill 

 behind the market are the Police lines and station, and above 

 these ranges of buildings St. Bartholomew's Hospital, behind 

 which, on the top of the ridge, are the jails for Europeans and 

 Natives. At a short distance to the east, on the same spur, is the 

 Public Library, and opposite to it the Post Office ; a little further 

 on are the Breeks' Memorial Schools and the public offices of 

 the district. Nearer to the hill stands the Church of St. Stephen, 

 the old station church, and opposite its gates the church and 

 school of the Church of England Native Christians. The sides 

 of the hill to the east and west of St. Stephen's are thickly 

 studded with houses and cottages, including westward the Club 

 House and the principal hotels, eastward the Assembly Rooms. 



Looking to the east from St. Stephen's, but at a much lower 

 elevation, on the western extremity of a minor spur of Doddabetta, 



