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CBULSE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER 
Numbers of influential citizens immediately boarded 
us, offering every assistance, and a cordial welcome to 
Australian waters. 
The city is some four or five miles from the anchor- 
age ; but on reaching the shore, we found railway 
communication near at hand ; so there was no diffi- 
culty in reaching town, for which, through the 
courtesy of the railway authorities, free passes were 
supplied. 
THE CHALLENGER AMONGST THE ICE IN THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS. 
