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Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And

ORIGIN OF THE EXPEDITION--CONTEMPLATED EXPLORATION TO THE WESTWARD--MEETING OF THE COLONISTS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ENTERED INTO FOR THAT PURPOSE--NOTES ON THE UNFAVOURABLE NATURE OF THE COUNTRY TO THE WESTWARD, AND PROPOSAL THAT THE NORTHERN INTERIOR SHOULD BE EXAMINED INSTEAD--M...

Chapters

38. Chapter 38

GO BACK WITH A NATIVE--SPEAR STING-RAYS--RECOVER THE BAGGAGE--COLD WEATHER--OVERSEER RECONNOITRES THE CLIFFS--UNFAVOURABLE REPORT--DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO BEST PLANS FOR THE...

28. Chapter 28

BOY SPEARED BY THE NATIVES--ANOMALOUS STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH THE ABORIGINES--MR. SCOTT SAILS FOR ADELAIDE--DOG BOUGHT--MR. SCOTT'S RETURN--CUTTER WATERWITCH SENT TO CO-OPER...

33. Chapter 33

FUTURE PLANS--REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY--SEND THE CUTTER TO ADELAIDE--REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR--MONOTONOUS LIFE AT CAMP--REMOVE TO ANOTHER LOCALITY--GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF T...

23. Chapter 23

MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR GETTING UP STORES FROM THE WATERWITCH--LEAVE THE PARTY--SALT WATERCOURSE--MOUNT EYRE--ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY--LAKE TORRENS--RETURN TOWARDS THE HILLS--NATIVE...

34. Chapter 34

PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD--CLIFFS OF THE GREAT BIGHT--LEVEL NATURE OF THE INTERIOR--FLINTS ABOUND--RETURN TO YEER-KUMBAN-KAUWE--NATIVES COME TO THE CAMP--THEIR GENEROUS CONDUCT--M...

37. Chapter 37

HORSES BEGIN TO KNOCK UP--COMPELLED TO FOLLOW ROUND THE BEACH--TINOR PONY UNABLE TO PROCEED--GLOOMY PROSPECTS--OVERSEER BEGINS TO DESPOND--TWO MORE HORSES LEFT BEHIND--FRAGMENTS...

27. Chapter 27

PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD--CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LAKE TORRENS AND SPENCER'S GULF--BAXTER'S RANGE--DIVIDE THE PARTY--ROUTE TOWARDS PORT LINCOLN--SCRUB--FRUITLESS SEARCH...

32. Chapter 32

LAND THE STORES AND SEND THE CUTTER TO DENIAL BAY--PARTY REMOVE TO POINT FOWLER--LEAVE THE PARTY--BEDS OF LAKES--DENSE SCRUB--COAST SAND DRIFTS--FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR WATER--DIST...

35. Chapter 35

RETURN OF MR. SCOTT IN THE HERO--MR. SCOTT AGAIN SAILS FOR ADELAIDE--COMMENCE JOURNEY TO THE WESTWARD--OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL AT THE SAND-HILLS--LARGE FLIES--TAKE ON THE SHEEP--LEAVE...

20. Chapter 20

ORIGIN OF THE EXPEDITION--CONTEMPLATED EXPLORATION TO THE WESTWARD--MEETING OF THE COLONISTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ENTERED INTO FOR THAT PURPOSE--NOTES ON THE UNFAVOURABLE NATURE OF...

24. Chapter 24

BREAK UP THE ENCAMPMENT--ARRIVE AT DEPOT POOL--GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--BAROMETERS OUT OF ORDER--ADVANCE TO RECONNOITRE--ASCEND TERMINATION HILL--SURPRISE NATIVE WOM...

25. Chapter 25

GAUSE OF HOSTILITY OF THE NATIVES--WELL SUNK UNSUCCESSFULLY--OVERSEER SENT TO THE EAST--THE SCOTT EXAMINED--ROCK WALLABIE--OVERSEER'S RETURN--ANOTHER VISIT TO LAKE TORRENS--BOGG...

36. Chapter 36

GO BACK TO MEET THE OVERSEER--PARTY ARRIVE AT THE WATER--LONG ENCAMPMENT--GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE CLIFFS--MOVE ON AGAIN--DIG FOR WATER--TRACES OF NATIVES--SEND BACK FOR WATE...

21. Chapter 21

FIRST NIGHT'S ENCAMPMENT WITH PARTY--REFLECTIONS--ARRIVAL AT SHEEP STATION--RE-ARRANGEMENT OF LOADS--METHOD OF CARRYING FIRE-ARMS--COMPLETE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY--THEIR NAMES-...

31. Chapter 31

Our road to-day was through a heavy sandy country, covered for the most part densely with the eucalyptus and tea-tree. About eleven we struck the south-east corner of Denial Bay...

26. Chapter 26

EXCURSION TO THE NORTH-EAST--TRACE DOWN THE FROME--WATER BECOMES SALT--PASS BEYOND THE RANGES--COCKATOOS SEEN--HEAVY RAINS--DRY WATER-COURSES--MOUNT DISTANCE--BRINE SPRINGS--MOU...

22. Chapter 22

SPRING HILL--AN AGED NATIVE DESERTED BY HIS TRIBE--RICH AND EXTENSIVE PLAINS--SURPRISE A PARTY OF NATIVES--ROCKY RIVER--CRYSTAL BROOK--FLINDERS RANGE--THE DEEP SPRING--MYALL PON...

30. Chapter 30

EMBARK STORES--PARTY LEAVE STREAKY BAY--DENSE SCRUE--POINT BROWN--SINGULAR WELL--PROCESS OF CHANGE IN APPEARANCE OF COUNTRY--DIG FOR WATER--FRIENDLY NATIVES--EXTRAORDINARY RITE-...

29. Chapter 29

During the time that I had been occupied in conducting my division of the party from Baxter's Range to Port Lincoln, the overseer had been engaged in guiding the other portion a...

18. Chapter 18

GO BACK WITH A NATIVE--SPEAR STING-RAYS--RECOVER THE BAGGAGE--COLD WEATHER--OVERSEER RECONNOITRES THE CLIFFS--UNFAVOURABLE REPORT--DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO BEST PLANS FOR THE...

12. Chapter 12

LAND THE STORES AND SEND THE CUTTER TO DENIAL BAY--PARTY REMOVE TO POINT FOWLER--LEAVE THE PARTY--BEDS OF LAKES--DENSE SCRUB--COAST SAND-DRIFTS--FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR WATER--DIST...

14. Chapter 14

PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD--CLIFF'S OF THE GREAT BIGHT--LEVEL NATURE OF THE INTERIOR--FLINTS ABOUND--RETURN TO YEER-KUMBAN-KAUWE--NATIVES COME TO THE CAMP--THEIR GENEROUS CONDUCT--...

1. Chapter 1

ORIGIN OF THE EXPEDITION--CONTEMPLATED EXPLORATION TO THE WESTWARD--MEETING OF THE COLONISTS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ENTERED INTO FOR THAT PURPOSE--NOTES ON THE UNFAVOURABLE NATURE O...

5. Chapter 5

BREAK UP THE ENCAMPMENT--ARRIVE AT DEPOT POOL--GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--BAROMETERS OUT OF ORDER--ADVANCE TO RECONNOITRE--ASCEND TERMINATION HILL--SURPRISE NATIVE WOM...

13. Chapter 13

FUTURE PLANS--REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY--SEND THE CUTTER TO ADELAIDE--REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR--MONOTONOUS LIFE AT CAMP--REMOVE TO ANOTHER LOCALITY--GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF T...

2. Chapter 2

FIRST NIGHT'S ENCAMPMENT WITH PARTY--REFLECTIONS--ARRIVAL AT SHEEP STATION--RE-ARRANGEMENTS OF LOADS--METHOD OF CARRYING FIRE-ARMS--COMPLETE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY--THEIR NAMES...

15. Chapter 15

RETURN OF MR. SCOTT IN THE HERO--MR. SCOTT AGAIN SAILS FOR ADELAIDE--COMMENCE JOURNEY TO THE WESTWARD--OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL AT THE SAND-HILLS--LARGE FLIES--TAKE ON THE SHEEP--LEAVE...

9. Chapter 9

BOY SPEARED BY THE NATIVES--ANOMALOUS STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH THE ABORIGINES--MR. SCOTT SAILS FOR ADELAIDE--DOG BOUGHT--MR. SCOTT'S RETURN--CUTTER WATERWITCH SENT TO CO-OPER...

4. Chapter 4

MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR GETTING UP STORES FROM THE WATERWITCH--LEAVE THE PARTY--SALT WATERCOURSE--MOUNT EYRE--ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY--LAKE TORRENS--RETURN TOWARDS THE HILLS--NATIVE...

8. Chapter 8

PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD--CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LAKE TORRENS AND SPENCER'S GULF--BAXTER'S RANGE--DIVIDE THE PARTY--ROUTE TOWARDS PORT LINCOLN--SCRUB--FRUITLESS SEARCH...

7. Chapter 7

EXCURSION TO THE NORTH-EAST--TRACE DOWN THE FROME--WATER BECOMES SALT--PASS BEYOND THE RANGES--COCKATOOS SEEN--HEAVY RAINS--DRY WATERCOURSES--MOUNT DISTANCE--BRINE SPRINGS--MOUN...

17. Chapter 17

HORSES BEGIN TO KNOCK UP--COMPELLED TO FOLLOW ROUND THE BEACH--TIMOR PONY UNABLE TO PROCEED--GLOOMY PROSPECTS--OVERSEER BEGINS TO DESPOND--TWO MORE HORSES LEFT BEHIND--FRAGMENTS...

11. Chapter 11

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-...

6. Chapter 6

CAUSE OF HOSTILITY OF THE NATIVES--WELL SUNK UNSUCCESSFULLY--OVERSEER SENT TO THE EAST--THE SCOTT EXAMINED--ROCK WALLUBIES--OVERSEER'S RETURN--ANOTHER VISIT TO LAKE TORRENS--BOG...

16. Chapter 16

GO BACK TO MEET THE OVERSEER--PARTY ARRIVE AT THE WATER--LONG ENCAMPMENT--GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE CLIFFS--MOVE ON AGAIN--DIG FOR WATER--TRACES OF NATIVES--SEND BACK FOR WATE...

3. Chapter 3

SPRING HILL--AN AGED NATIVE DESERTED BY HIS TRIBE--RICH AND EXTENSIVE PLAINS--SURPRISE A PARTY OF NATIVES--ROCKY RIVER--CRYSTAL BROOK--FLINDERS RANGE--THE DEEP SPRING--MYALL PON...

10. Chapter 10

19. Chapter 19