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book - "The Greatest Thing in the
World."   I stayed on deck
till midnight to watch
the  passage of the steamer through
Whitsunday Passage.
Sighted Townsville on Monday
Feb 9th. , in the evening, past
the Palm Islands, magnificent
looking islets ; the largest
would make a fine sheep run.
Heavy weather. the skipper _
Capt Helms never saw the glass
so low on the coast. Heavy
seas were continually breaking
over the decks. and passengers
are going about in wet pyajamas
barefooted.
Wednesday  Tuesday 10th. Cooktown
Friday 13  th Thursday Island at
noon. After lunch Fred
and myself and six other
passengers, went ashore

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