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Title: The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Spry, W. J. J. (William James Joseph), d. 1906 Burrows, C. Acton (Charles Acton), 1853-1948 (bookplate)
Subjects: Challenger (Ship) Voyages around the world
Publisher: Toronto : Belford Bros.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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the 20th April successfully placed, and had sundry repairs, &c. The dock is 400 feet long,with 20 feet depth of water over the sill. Work-shops are provided, with an extensive plant of modern machinery, so as to be enabled to undertake any repairs to the vessels on the station. I have no recollection of seeing in any early work on this colony reference to the charming scenery of Sydney Harbour, or the many navigable rivers which are near it; nor is much said of the glorious ranges of the Australian Alps. But there are scenes of nature here at hand as lovely as are to be met with in any part of the world. A few days after our arrival, invitations were sent by the members of the Government to a picnic on Mount Victoria, in company with the officers of the German frigate Arcona. A special train started at 7 o'clock from the City Station on the Great Western line, with a very large party of us; and as an escort were the Hon. Samuel Lloyd, Treasurer, Hon.Saul Samuel, Postmaster-General, the Minisb. .A
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IMAGE: Sydney, from Pyrmont, Darling Harbour. ZIGZAG ON GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 161 Works, and others. By 9 oclock we had reached Penrith, the line passing through orangeries, vine-yards, and homesteads. Shortly after it' was decided to stop at a convenient siding for breakfast. Proceeding onward after this, we began to ascend the Blue Mountains, which rise abruptly on the west side of the valley of the Nepean. The ascent is made by a zigzag on gradients, the steepest of which is 1 in 30. The line, on reaching the summit of Lap-stone Hill, follows a winding course on the main range ; and for 60 miles it pursues its tortuous way along the top of mountain ridges, until gaining an elevation of 3758 feet. Near the Clarence tunnel,on both sides of the line, is a vast expanse of mountain scenery, covered with forest timber, presenting a view indescribably wild and grand. The route which the railway takes is the only passable track over the mountains, the sides of which are covered with many varieties of the Eucalyptus (gum-tree),besides a profusion

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