Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 228 pages of information about Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria.

Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 228 pages of information about Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria.

Tuesday January 7.  Camp 31 is situated on the left bank of the O’Shanassy River.

We started from there at 9.10; at 9.45 made a mile and a quarter north by east down the left bank of the O’Shanassy River; at 9.55 made a mile and a quarter north-north-west to opposite junction of a watercourse which I have named the Seymour River; at 10.12 made three-quarters of a mile north-west to where we crossed a small creek with reeds in its bed at a point near its junction with the river; at 10.37 made one mile north-west by north along the left bank of the river, where we had a good road.  The river is still confined by ranges which sometimes terminate with cliffs; at 10.48 made half a mile north-east to opposite junction of the creek; at 10.54 made a quarter of a mile north-east to where we crossed a small creek near its junction with the river; at 11.27 made one mile and a quarter north by east along the left bank of the river; at 11.42 made half a mile north; at 12 made three-quarters of a mile north-north-east to where we watered the horses and waited for Mr. Campbell.  Started again at 12.30.  At 12.53 made half a mile north-north-east.  Made quarter mile north to where we waited to mount Mr. Campbell who was tired of walking.  Started again at 1.3 p.m.; at 1.35 made a mile and a quarter north to opposite junction of creek from the east; at 2 made one mile west-north-west to where we formed our 32nd camp, on the left bank of the river and right bank of a gully just above the junction of a small creek with the river.  If this had been a good season a fine place for the horses would have been up this gully, as the soil is good with right kind of grasses and surrounded by basaltic cliffs.

Wednesday January 8.  Camp 32.  Situated (as before) on the left bank of the O’Shanassy River.

Left here at 7.7; at 7.18 went half a mile north-north-west to a cleft hill on the left bank of the river; at 7.35 went three-quarters of a mile north; at 7.52 went half a mile north-east; at 8 went quarter of a mile east-north-east to where we got any quantity of figs from trees like the Moreton Bay fig but another variety.  At 8.20 made half a mile north-east.  This scrub is composed of Leichhardt, tea, fig, and cabbage-palm-trees, where we were delayed till 8.42 from having to pull one of the horses that had got into a boggy place out.  Pandanus along the edge of the reaches of water.  At 9.10 made half a mile north-north-east through the scrub; at 9.50 made one mile north by east through the scrub; at 10.5 made half a mile north-north-west which took us out of the scrub and to a fine reach of water; at 10.20 made half a mile north-north-east to where we crossed a small reedy creek near its junction with the river; at 10.35 made three-quarters of a mile north-north-east along the left side of the reach of water mentioned.  I, accompanied by Fisherman, here made a deviation from the river.  While Campbell and party proceeded down the river we went up a gully of the richest soil,

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