CHAPTER 6. HANOVER BAY AND ITS VICINITY.
NATIVES SEEN. FIRST EXCURSION. CHARACTER OF THE SCENERY. GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA. CUCKOO-PHEASANT. SPORTING. NATIVE HAUNTS. ATTACK OF NATIVES. RETURN TO HANOVER BAY. PROCEEDINGS THERE DURING MY ABSENCE. CHRISTMAS DINNER. PLANTING USEFUL SEEDS. WALK TO MUNSTER WATER. ISTHMUS NEAR HANOVER BAY. HILL OF SHELLS. COUNTRY ABOUT PRINCE REGENT’S RIVER. GOUTY-STEMMED TREES. SINGULAR PIECES OF SANDSTONE.
CHAPTER 7. HANOVER BAY AND ITS VICINITY.
Occupation at the camp.
Return of the Lynher.
Relation of proceedings at Timor
and roti.
New island seen.
Trouble with the horses.
Excursion by water to Prince
regent’s river.
Character of its shores.
Scenery and thunderstorm.
Departure for the interior.
Difficulties of the route.
Sickness and mortality among the
horses and stock.
Character of the country.
CHAPTER 8. TO THE GLENELG RIVER.
Meeting and encounter with the
natives.
Unfortunate results.
Descent from the sandstone range.
Description of A new volcanic
country.
Discovery and character of the
Glenelg river.
Impediments from marshes and streams.
Progress towards the upper part
of the Glenelg.
CHAPTER 9. TO THE UPPER GLENELG.
Works of native industry.
Mount Lyell.
Magnificent prospect.
Marks of inundations.
Natives.
Cockatoos.
Torrents of rain.
Swamps.
Snake and kangaroo.
Native bridge.
Precipitous pass.
Frilled lizard.
Beautiful country.
Wild oats.
Curious birds.
Painted cave.
Cross A large river.
Natural grapery.
Ford the Glenelg.
Weakness of the men.
Another painted cave.
Narrow escape.
Impassable sandstone ranges.