During The Early Part Of Our Journey, I Had Been
Carried Back In My Dreams To Scenes Of Recent Date, And Into The Society
Of Men With Whom I Had Lived Shortly Before Starting On My Expedition.
As
I proceeded on my journey, events of earlier date returned into my mind,
with all the fantastic associations of a dream; and scenes of England,
France, and Italy passed successively.
Then came the recollections of my
University life, of my parents and the members of my family; and, at
last, the days of boyhood and of school - at one time as a boy afraid of
the look of the master, and now with the independent feelings of the man,
communicating to, and discussing with him the progress of my journey, the
courses of the rivers I had found, and the possible advantages of my
discoveries. At the latter part of the journey, I had, as it were,
retraced the whole course of my life, and I was now, in my dreams, almost
invariably in Sydney, canvassing for support, and imagining that,
although I had left my camp, yet that I should return with new resources
to carry us through the remainder of our journey. It was very remarkable,
that all my companions were almost invariably anticipating the end of our
journey, dreaming that they reached the sea-coast, and met with ships, or
that they were in Port Essington and enjoying the pleasures of civilized
life; whilst I, on awaking, found my party and my interests on the place
where I had left them in my dreams.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 260 of 524
Words from 69942 to 70206
of 141354
