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“...none of them has had the honour of killing a Bishop : so,
my lord, you have only to make your selection; I leave
you to the embarras de choix.” It is hardly necessary to
add that His Grace at once ordered his horse and left
precipitately. By an irony of fate General Farquharson
himself died of fever in the house in 1834.
In the grounds is a Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria
excelsa) which was planted by the Prince of Wales, on
September 25th, 1920, when he visited the island on his
way home from Australia in H.M.S. Renown.
The view from the terrace on which Government
House stands, though not so extensive as that afforded
by the Mome (see below), which shuts out the mountains
to the south, is quite enchanting. Far below lies Castries
basking in the sun. To the north of the town is the
harbour, on the far side of which is the Vigie and Vielle...”
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“...678.
From Liverpool to San Francisco the distance by way
of the Strait of Magellan, 13,502 miles has been reduced
to 7,836 by the Canal, a saving of 5,666 miles. The
distance saved on the voyage to Valparaiso is 1,540
miles ; to Callao, 4,034 miles; to Honolulu, 4,403 miles;
to Wellington, New Zealand, 1,564 miles.
MILES
Boston, Mass. . - - .
New York .
Havana, Cuba ...
New Orleans .
Kingston, Jamaica .
St. Thomas ...
Liverpool ...
Yokohama, Japan .
Hong Kong
Wellington, New Zealand
Sydney, Australia .
4.548
7,682
9.195
6.505
7.674
2,157
1.974
1,003
r.4°3
55ï
1,029...”
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