No Mountain Ranges, No Rivers, No
Lakes, No Pastoral Lands, Nor Mineral Districts Has It Brought To Light;
Where The Country Was Previously Unknown It Has Proved Only Its
Nakedness; Nevertheless I Do Not Regret One Penny Of The Cost Or One
Minute Of The Troubles And Labours Entailed By It.
Nor, I am confident,
do my companions repine because they wasted so many months of their lives
in such a howling wilderness.
May good fortune attend them wherever they
go; for they were brave and true men, and to them I once more express my
feelings of thanks and gratitude for their untiring energy and help
through all our journeyings. I verily believe that so large an extent of
country, good or bad, has never been travelled through by a more cheerful
party, or by one, the members of which were more in accord; and to the
unanimity, and ready co-operation that prevailed throughout the camp, the
successful issue of the expedition must in a large degree be ascribed.
Before leaving Coolgardie I had to perform the melancholy task of selling
off my camels and all belongings. I have seldom felt anything so deeply
as the breaking up of our little band, and the sale of my faithful
animals. However, it was a matter of necessity, for much as I wished to
pension off my favourites I was not in a position to do so, and
eventually made my exit from the Colony in much the same state as that in
which I arrived.
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