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Title: The Last Voyage
to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'

Author: Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Illustrator: R.T. Pritchett

Release Date: August 24, 2009 [EBook #29778]

Language: English

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[Transcriber's Note: Many illustration captions are missing from the
original. These have been added in as they appear in the List of
Illustrations, and all captions have been conformed to the List of
Illustrations.

The original contains a number of alternate spellings of proper nouns
(e.g., Vasco de Gama for Vasco da Gama; Tawomba for Toowomba;
Warrangarra for Wallangarra). These have been preserved as they appear
in the original. Otherwise, obvious printer errors have been
corrected; where it is not clear whether something is an error, a
Transcriber's Note has been inserted in the text.]

THE LAST VOYAGE,

TO INDIA AND AUSTRALIA,

IN THE 'SUNBEAM.'

BY THE LATE

LADY BRASSEY.

_ILLUSTRATED BY R.T. PRITCHETT AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS._

The full-page plates and the headings to the chapters are printed in
monotone by E. NISTER, of Nuremberg.

The wood engravings in the text are executed by EDWARD WHYMPER, J.D.
COOPER, and G. PEARSON.

PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON

[Illustration: CHART SHOWING TRACK OF THE YACHT "SUNBEAM" FROM NOV.
1886 TO DEC. 1887.]

[Illustration: 'SUNBEAM,' R.Y.S., CHRISTMAS DAY, 1886]

[Illustration: THE LAST VOYAGE

[signature] Annie Brassey

1887.]

_Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld;
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more!_

LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
NEW YORK