Spinifex And Sand Pioneering And Exploration In Western Australia By David W Carnegie



















































































































 -  I suppose that to the uninitiated no
map is so misleading as that of West Australia, where lakes are salt - Page 431
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I Suppose That To The Uninitiated No Map Is So Misleading As That Of West Australia, Where Lakes Are Salt-Bogs Without Surface Water, Springs Seldom Run, And Native "Wells" Are Merely Tiny Holes In The Rock, Yielding From 0 To 200 Gallons!

From our position at the rock-holes, by skirting, possibly without sighting, the end of the Rawlinson Range and

Steering nearly due South-West, we should hit off Woodhouse Lagoon of our upgoing journey. For simplicity in steering I chose a due South-West course, which should take us a few miles to the East of the lagoon, two hundred miles distant in a bee-line. I was anxious to see what water it held, and check my work by re-crossing our track of the previous year; and besides this, the lagoon lay on our most direct course for the nearest settlements, still 450 miles away on the chart.

Whilst resting at the rock-holes I took the opportunity of giving Bluey a lesson in manners, much to the entertainment of my companions.

Bluey was a brute of a camel, and used to give an immensity of trouble in the mornings, galloping off at full speed when he should have quietly waited to have his nose-line adjusted. Added to this, he would kick and strike with his fore-legs, so much so that none of us cared about catching him. One morning whilst Breaden was after the horses, I was helping Warri collect the camels, and tried my hand with Bluey.

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