DBEDGING PICNIC. 
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bourne, that as regards those with whom I was on 
terms of friendship, their goodness, cordiality, and 
noble generosity, combined with that hospitality 
which makes a friend’s house one’s home can never 
be forgotten. * * * 
We had now been here (at Sydney) some sixty 
days; and before finally leaving it was decided 
to give a dredging picnic. This was to have a 
number of friends on board, and take them out 
into deep water, so as to let them see some of the 
mysteries of dredging and sounding. 
The day decided on arrived, and a large party, 
chiefly consisting of gentlemen more or less in- 
terested in scientific pursuits and maritime affairs 
availed themselves of the opportunity of having a 
cruise. On passing through the Heads and getting 
into deep water away from the land, we steered for 
a short distance east, and then for a while E.S.E. 
The ship’s head was then turned in a northerly 
direction towards Broken Bay, and when about four 
miles distant, soundings were taken in 40 fathoms, 
and specimens of water brought up from various 
depths. The dredge was lowered, and on being 
drawn up, little or nothing appeared to have been 
secured ; but small as the first haul was, it encouraged 
other attempts being made, and a move was made 
farther from the land, when several hauls of dredge 
and trawl were again taken, with satisfactory 
results. 
