- At Night, Too, If We Gave Them The Slightest
Chance, They Would Invariably Stray Back To The Previous Camp; And We Had
Frequently To Wait Until Noon Before Charley And Brown, Who Generally
Performed The Office Of Herdsman In Turns, Recovered The Ramblers.
The
consequences were that we could proceed only very slowly, and that, for
several months, we had to keep a careful watch upon them throughout the
night.
The horses, with some few exceptions, caused us less trouble at
the commencement of our journey than afterwards, when our hobbles were
worn out and lost, and, with the exception of one or two which in turns
were tethered in the neighbourhood of the camp in order to prevent the
others from straying, they were necessarily allowed to feed at large. It
may readily be imagined that my anxiety to secure our horses was very
great, because the loss of them would have put an immediate stop to my
undertaking. - But I hasten to enter on the narrative of our journey.
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.
It was at the end of September, 1844, when we completed the necessary
preparations for our journey, and left the station of Messrs. Campbell
and Stephens, moving slowly towards the farthest point on which the white
man has established himself. We passed the stations of Messrs.
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