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 Manne eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 871 pages of information about Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1.

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 Manne eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 871 pages of information about Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1.

Chapter XIII. 
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 the country—­flint found—­again
attempt to reach the head of the bight—­reach the sand-hills, and bury
flour—­friendly natives—­exhausted state of the horses—­get the dray to
the plain—­bury water—­send back dray—­proceed with
pack-horse—­oppressive heat—­send back pack-horse—­reach the head of the
bight—­surprise some natives—­their kind
behaviour—­Yeer-kumban-kau
we
—­their account of the interior

Chapter xiv
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—­meet the overseer—­return to depot—­bad
water—­move back to Fowler’s bay—­arrival of the cutter Hero—­joined by
the king George’s sound native—­instructions relative to the
Hero—­difficulty of fixing upon any future plan—­break up the expedition
and divide the party—­Mr. Scott embarks—­final report—­the Hero
sails—­overseer and natives remain—­excursion to the north—­A native
joins us—­sudden illness in the party—­final preparations for leaving the
depot

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