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CHAPTER IX 
Letter XII. Wyalla.— Old Bloomfield Mill— Beautiful scenes— A hard 
climb up Mount Macmillan — ^A glorious flower-world — A trip to the 
Moravian Mission Station — A doggy incident — The much -abused 
eucalyptus — A good-bye. visit to a camp. 
Letter XIII. Cooktown. — A comfortless journey— Various beds 
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Letter XIV. Off Thursday Island.— On board the s.s.Jumna—A 
dangerous coast. 
Letters XV. and XVI. Thursday Island.— With the British Fleet— A 
Cingalese Madanu Sans Gim — Brilliant sea-flowers — A mischievous 
clothes-line — Uproarious adieux — A visit to the Residency — A curious 
phenomenon. 
Letter XVII. Somerset, Cafe York.— The inaccurate judgment of 
Marcus Clarke — Unsurpassable Australian flowers — Happy days of 
continual painting — Some strange natives — The Dugong — Snake 
stories — The white ant — A stupid trick 130 
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Letter XVIII. Marbiag.— Banks Island— Jervis Island— Inquisitive 
children — ^The Wongi — ^An excess of riches — kpas-de'Seul—Tht skeleton 
in the tree — ^Dtsagreeable acquaintances. 
Letter XIX Thursday Island. — Sea-sick— A splendid fiurewell 145 
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Letter XX. Somerset.— H. M.S. Albatross— OS Murray Island— A 
warm welcome — An unforgettable day — "No good for food" — Sardines 
and sharks — ^Teeming life — The annual feast — Wedding festivities — 
The women's privilege — Entertaining companions — Damley Island — 
"Dirty Johnstone "—The benefit of not being "flash"— A tasteful 
trousseau — Stephen Island — York Island 155 
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