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We left Strahan by the s.s. " Australia " at daybreak on 

 Friday, and after a very stormy passage arrived at Devonport 

 on Saturday evening. We here bade farewell to our skipper, 

 deciding to drive through to Launceston, and on Sunday 

 morning started off behind a pair of very good horses. We 

 changed horses at Deloraine, where we lunched, and after a 

 very beautiful drive arrived at Launceston in time for tea. 

 We met 2 gentlemen at Deloraine who were going through 

 to Launceston on a tandem, and cyclists will be able to judge 

 this road for a spin by their performance, who gave us 1 hour 

 20 minutes start, and passed us at the 24th mile post. 



We left Launceston on Monday afternoon, arriving in 

 Melbourne next day, with a strong desire to repeat the trip at 

 some future date, and upon another similar trip I will not 

 consider myself fully equipped without my hand camera. 



THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. 



Successful Surgical Operation. 



On Friday the Melbourne Hospital staff saw the first of what 

 is hoped will be a long series of successful operations rendered 

 possible by the now celebrated " X " rays. The patient was 

 a man who had accidentally run a needle into the palm of his 

 right hand. The needle was rusted somewhat, and it rapidly 

 set up inflammation halfway along the forearm. The location 

 of the needle could not be determined by ordinary means, and 

 Professor Lyle, who has experimented with the Rontgen 

 process, was invited to photograph the hand, and if necessary 

 the arm, of the patient, and on Tuesday last he did so. The 

 result was quite satisfactory. The shadow photograph re- 

 vealed the needle lying across the bones in the palm. Mr. G. 

 A. Syme, one of the honorary surgeons, in the presence of the 

 staff, on Friday made an incision at the point shown on the 

 photograph, and the needle was successfully extracted. — 



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