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Title: The web of empire : a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in 1901
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, 1841-1919 Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922, ill Martino, Eduardo de, d. 1912
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953
Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and company, limited
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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VIII DUNEDIN 295 gracefully conferred, it may be presumed that theloyalty is disinterested. Certainly the Maoris are amost sympathetic people. Tuesday, 2nd July. — Early in the morning theTasmanian coast is sighted on the starboard bow. Atbreakfast-time we pass a bold promontory with a pillar-shaped rock on the top, and shortly afterwards a highwall of precipitous rocks of the same formation, com-monly known as the Organ Pipes, which reminds us ofStaffa and the Giants Causeway. Passing through theBay of Storms, which is in an exceptionally amiablemood, we enter the broad estuary of the river Der-went, on the west bank of which lies Hobart, nestlingunder the snow-capped Mount Wellington, 4000 feethigh. When we have passed the Iron Pot, as theprincipal lighthouse of the locality is disrespectfullycalled, and are nearing the city, we find ourselves ina large land-locked harbour capable of containing anynumber of fleets. Admiral Beaumont on board hisflagship, the Royal Arthur, accompani

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