Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 01

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EMBARK STORES--PARTY LEAVE STREAKY BAY--DENSE SCRUB--POINT BROWN--SINGULAR WELL--PROCESS OF CHANGE IN APPEARANCE OF COUNTRY--DIG FOR WATER--FRIENDLY NATIVES--EXTRAORDINARY RITE--NATIVE GUIDES--LEIPOA'S NEST--DENIAL BAY--BEELIMAH GAIPPE--KANGAROO KILLED--MORE NATIVES--BERINYANA GAIPPE--SALT LAKES--WADEMAR GAIPPE--SANDY AND SCRUBBY COUNTRY--MOBEELA GAIPPE--DIFFICULTY OF GETTING WATER--MORE NATIVES--GENUINE HOSPITALITY--SINGULAR MARKS ON THE ABDOMEN--NATIVES LEAVE THE PARTY--FOWLER'S BAY--EXCELLENT WHALING STATION.