A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . BAY, SYDNEY. VIE\V ON THE SPIT ROAD, MIDDLE HARBOUR, SYDNEY MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY 175 and had I seen nothing more, I should have been well re-paid for the journey from Sydney. We returned to the shore, as the girls were anxious fortheir evening bath. Surf-bathing is an innovation for the the mighty ocean waves, which roll in after anunimpeded course of thousands of miles, had been deemedtoo dangerous, and the probable presence of sharks wasanother deterrent. The latter, even with a noisy crowd inthe water, make it unsafe
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . BAY, SYDNEY. VIE\V ON THE SPIT ROAD, MIDDLE HARBOUR, SYDNEY MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY 175 and had I seen nothing more, I should have been well re-paid for the journey from Sydney. We returned to the shore, as the girls were anxious fortheir evening bath. Surf-bathing is an innovation for the the mighty ocean waves, which roll in after anunimpeded course of thousands of miles, had been deemedtoo dangerous, and the probable presence of sharks wasanother deterrent. The latter, even with a noisy crowd inthe water, make it unsafe for a stray bather to go far out. I remember when at Sydney going one morning toCoogee early in the bathing season. There were somethirty or forty people in the water, and from the paradewe could distinctly see a shark quite close in. The waterwas smooth and clear, and we watched the movementsof the monster for some time. The bathers of course werewarned, and there was great excitement, boatmen hurryingout in the hope of harpooning it. I think it would be ahungry
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