The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands . the 20th April successfully placed, andhad 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 ofmodern machinery, so as to be enabled to undertakeany repairs to the vessels on the station. I have no recollection of seeing in any earlywork on this colony reference to the charmingscenery of Sydney Harbour, or the many navigablerivers which are near it; nor is much said of theglorious ranges of the Australian Alps. Bu
The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands . the 20th April successfully placed, andhad 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 ofmodern machinery, so as to be enabled to undertakeany repairs to the vessels on the station. I have no recollection of seeing in any earlywork on this colony reference to the charmingscenery of Sydney Harbour, or the many navigablerivers which are near it; nor is much said of theglorious ranges of the Australian Alps. But thereare scenes of nature here at hand as lovely as areto be met with in any part of the world. A fewdays after our arrival, invitations were sent by themembers of the Government to a picnic on MountYictoria, in company with the officers of the Germanfrigate Arcona. A special train started at 7 oclockfrom the City Station on the Great Westernline, with a very large party of us; and as anescort were the Hon. Samuel Lloyd, Treasurer, Samuel, Postmaster-General, the Minisb. .A. ZIGZAG ON GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 161 Works, and others. By 9 oclock we had reachedPenrith, the line passing through orangeries, vine-yards, and homesteads. Shortly after it was decidedto stop at a convenient siding for breakfast. Pro-ceeding onward after this, we began to ascend theBlue Mountains, which rise abruptly on the westside of the valley of the Nepean. The ascent ismade by a zigzag on gradients, the steepest of whichis 1 in 30. The line, on reaching the summit of Lap-stone Hill, follows a winding course on the mainrange ; and for 60 miles it pursues its tortuous wayalong the top of mountain ridges, until gaining anelevation of 3758 feet. Near the Clarence tunnel,on both sides of the line, is a vast expanse of moun-tain scenery, covered with forest timber, presentinga view indescribably wild and grand. The routewhich the railway takes is the only passable trackover the mountains, the side
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