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EAVING Sydney, two days' sail brings us within sight of the twin peaks of Lord Howe Island, Mount (lower and Mount Lidgbird. The island was discovered by Lieut. Ball in 1788, when that officer was in charge of the " Supply," in the early days of the Australian settlement. A good deal of the land is fertile, and several families live on the island in comfort. It is, as far as government is concerned, a part of New South Wales, being in the King electorate, which at the present time (1898) returns the Premier. Leaving here, the next point of call is the historic and beautiful Norfolk Island ; but just after leaving Lord Howe one gets a glimpse away to the south-east of that remarkable geographical feature, Ball's Pyramid. This is a rocky peak, rising abruptly to a height of
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