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of the town, and of standing bush in the outskirts, gratefully salutes the eye. A glance 

 at the port suffices to indicate that scientific skill, backed by colonial enterprise, has 



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transformed a dangerous roadstead into a comparatively safe haven. 1 lie strand was 

 formed of shifting shingle, upon which the surf broke with great violence when the 



