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in view of the droughts that turn even the big 

 Murray into a series of water-holes connected by 

 a mere trickling stream. They are lighted by 

 electricity, and passengers are made most com- 

 fortable. 



Our destination wasRenmark,in South Australia, 

 about 250 miles down the river. We passed the 

 junction of the Edward with the Murray, whence 

 in 1864 some young live cod were captured by 

 the fishermen of the Murray Fishing Co., and 

 shipped in a barrel hung on gimbals per the 

 Lincolnshire for conveyance to London. They, 

 unfortunately, died on the voyage. 



We passed Mildura, the irrigation colony which 

 promises to grow enough fruit not only to supply 

 all Australia, but England as well. The steamer 

 swiftly floated by long reaches with low banks 

 and park-like stretches of flat land, in some 

 places strangely resembling the view across the 

 Serpentine in Hyde Park. Here and there we 

 saw a picnic party on the shore trying to keep 

 cool, or some boating-men lazily paddling or idly 

 fishing. And then our pleasant trip ended at 

 Renmark, the sister colony of Mildura. 



Not far from Renmark the river banks on one 

 side slope upwards to picturesque cliffs, thickly 

 studded with mimosa bushes, growing between 



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