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 408 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 408 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 XI. 
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—­native guides—­LEIPOA’S
nest—­denial bay—­Beelimah gaippe—­kangaroo killed—­more
natives—­Berinyana gaippe—­salt lakes—­Wademar gaippe—­sandy and scrubby
country—­Mobeela gaippe—­difficulty of getting water—­more
natives—­genuine hospitality—­singular marks on the abdomen—­natives
leave the party—­Fowler’s bay—­excellent whaling station.

Chapter XII. 
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—­distress of the horses—­turn
back—­leave A horse—­find water—­rejoin party—­send for the
horse—­country around depot—­take A dray to the westward—­wretched
country—­fall in with natives—­misunderstand their signs—­they leave
us—­vain search for water—­turn back—­horse knocked up—­go back for
water—­rejoin the dray—­commence return—­search for water—­dray
surrounded by natives—­embarrassing situation—­bury baggage—­three horses
abandoned—­reach the sand-drifts—­unsuccessful attempts to save the
horses—­send for fresh horses—­search for water to north-east—­recover
the dray and stores—­rejoin the party at depot near point Fowler—­return
of the cutter

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