A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . e hills in all whereas formerly the little bays which we passed onour way in had been marked only by a few houses dottedhere and there, small settlements had now sprung up, servedby ferry boats which could be seen running hither andthither. We anchored in calm water and awaited the doctor,who soon put us through our paces, and we were then al-lowed to run alongside the wharf There was a crowd ofpeople awaiting our ship all roped back to a safe distanceuntil we were tied up. It was decidedly conducive to im-perial pride to reflect th
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . e hills in all whereas formerly the little bays which we passed onour way in had been marked only by a few houses dottedhere and there, small settlements had now sprung up, servedby ferry boats which could be seen running hither andthither. We anchored in calm water and awaited the doctor,who soon put us through our paces, and we were then al-lowed to run alongside the wharf There was a crowd ofpeople awaiting our ship all roped back to a safe distanceuntil we were tied up. It was decidedly conducive to im-perial pride to reflect that although we had travelled somany thousands of miles, to almost the farthest point ofthe habitable world, we nevertheless found an obviouslyEnglish crowd waiting to welcome us. I eagerly scanned the faces of the multitude, and aftera time saw one that bore a delightful family resemblance tomy own, and by;wild gesticulations and will-power, I com-pelled the owner to look in my direction, whereupon a re-sponsive smile of recognition WELLINGTON
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