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A USTRALASIA ILL USTRA TED. 



leading picturesquely, if somewhat toil- 

 somely, to the streets above. Me 

 Mahon's Point is another ferry-landing, 

 the road running at a stiff gradient 

 up to the higher land. Then come 

 Berry's Bay and Ball's 

 Head Bay, both deeply 

 recessed, and the en- 

 trance to Lane Cove, 

 an estuary running up 

 a considerable distance 

 into the hills, though 

 only navigable but for 

 a few miles. 

 This northern 

 side of Syd- 

 ney Harbour 

 has as deep 

 a water -fron- 

 tage as the 

 southern, but 

 the rise from 

 the shore is 

 steeper, and 

 the elevated 

 ground much 



scored by the deep 

 gorges of Middle 

 Harbour and Lane 

 Cove, and the nu- 

 merous lateral val- 

 leys running down 

 to them. The sur- 

 face is thus broken 

 up into ridges and 

 gullies, the main 

 road running along 

 the summit. The 

 soil on the high 

 ground has been THE MANLY WILD-FLOWER SHOW. 



found admirably adapted to orangeries and orchards, and market-gardens abound for many 

 miles inland. This orchard cultivation characterizes all the district westward as far as Parra- 



