Identifier: webofempirediary00wall (find matches)
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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39. THE OPHIR IN A GALE OFF THE LEEUW1N HE WEB Or Beaut, tnson sunset under a thic hjuly.—Heavy sea running. Towardsmid-day we sight land, and a :k we are off Albany, the islands at the moutl Sound beir nctly visible. Our cour along coast to Cape Leeuwin, the south the Austi Continent, and during the swell breaking regularly :ky s of foam darting up here and there ig to reach the crest of the cliff. The falling rapidly and the wind rising, and nations of a gale from the north- of getting atins PUS? -n or a getting into Fre- is intended; but it does not ,ve are not due till Sal rnoon. , igtk July.—The wind has incrc ships are pitching heavily. On boardM. de Martino must be having all thedesire I tching the Ophir in a .30 we are off the Leeuwin, 186 milesIf the Chevalier were now on board thecapital subject for a sensationalc-tossed Royal Arthur arched. an ominous-lookr a background. 1critics would c
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ix WESTERN AUSTRALIA 319 to be made up. While speculating as to this I noticethat we are altering our course. In a few minutes thebig waves which we have been pounding against allnight are striking us on the beam, and making us rollmost uncomfortably from side to side ; in a few minutesmore they are curling gracefully astern and pushing usforward. We have evidently put about and are goingback in the direction we came from. At breakfast themystery is explained. Our destination is Perth, thecapital of Western Australia, and there are two ways ofreaching it : either by the new port of Fremantle or bythe old port of Albany. Both ports are connected withthe capital by rail, but in the case of Fremantle therailway journey takes only half an hour, whereas in thecase of Albany it takes an entire day (340 miles). Forthis reason, and in deference to the wishes of the localGovernment, the former route was chosen ; but earlythis morning the programme was changed. TheCommodore considered that in a

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