INTRODUCTION

Chapter I leave the last station—­fossil remains—­Darling downs—­enter
             the wilderness—­Waterloo plains—­the Condamine—­heavy
             rains—­Charley’s misconduct—­Murphy and Caleb lost—­Kent’s
             lagoon—­coal—­Murphy and Caleb found again.

Chapter II party reduced by the return of Mr. Hodgson and Caleb—­meet
             friendly natives—­native tomb—­the Dawson—­vervain
             plains—­Gilbert’s range—­Lynd’s range—­Robinson’s
             creek—­Murphy’s lake—­mountainous country—­expedition
             range—­mount Nicholson—­Aldis’s peak—­the Boyd.

Chapter iii ruined Castle creek—­Zamia creek—­Bigge’s mountain—­allowance
             of flour reduced—­natives spear A horse—­Christmas
             ranges—­Brown’s lagoons—­thunder-storms&mdash
;­Albinia downs—­comet
             creek—­native camp.

Chapter IV swarms of cockatoos—­allowance of flour further
             reduced—­native family—­the Mackenzie—­coal—­natives speaking
             A different idiom—­mount Stewart—­brown and myself Miss the
             way back to the camp—­find our party again, on the fourth
             day—­NEUMAN’S creek—­Roper’s peak—­Calvert’s peak—­Gilbert’s
             dome—­great want of water.

Chapter V difference of soil as to moisture—­Phillips’s
             mountain—­allowance of flour reduced again—­Hughs’s
             creek—­Tombstone creek—­Charley and brown become unruly—­the
             Isaacs—­native women—­Coxen’s peak and range—­geological
             character—­Charley rebels again and leaves—­brown follows
             him—­both return penitent—­variations of the weather—­skull
             of native—­friendly natives visit the camp.