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 By Eyre, Edward John
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SCOTT EMBARKS - FINAL REPORT - THE HERO
SAILS - OVERSEER AND NATIVES REMAIN - EXCURSION TO THE NORTH - A NATIVE
JOINS US - SUDDEN ILLNESS IN THE PARTY - FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING THE
DEPOT
CHAPTER XV.
RETURN OF MR.
SCOTT IN THE HERO - MR. SCOTT AGAIN SAILS FOR
ADELAIDE - COMMENCE JOURNEY TO THE WESTWARD - OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL AT THE
SAND-HILLS - LARGE FLIES - TAKE ON THE SHEEP - LEAVE THE OVERSEER WITH THE
HORSES - REACH YEER-KUMBAN-KAUWE - JOINED BY THE OVERSEER - TORMENTING FLIES
AGAIN - MOVE ON WITH THE SHEEP - LEAVE OVERSEER TO FOLLOW WITH THE
HORSES - CHARACTER OF COUNTRY ALONG THE BIGHT - SCENERY OF THE
CLIFFS - LEAVE THE SHEEP - ANXIETY ABOUT WATER - REACH THE TERMINATION OF
THE CLIFFS - FIND WATER
CHAPTER XVI.
GO BACK TO MEET THE OVERSEER - PARTY ARRIVE AT THE WATER - LONG
ENCAMPMENT - GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE CLIFFS - MOVE ON AGAIN - DIG FOR
WATER - TRACES OF NATIVES - SEND BACK FOR WATER - PARROTS SEEN - COOL WINDS
FROM NORTH-EAST - OVERSEER RETURNS - CONTINUE THE JOURNEY - ABANDON
BAGGAGE - DENSE SCRUBS - DRIVEN TO THE BEACH - MEET NATIVES - MODE OF
PROCURING WATER FROM ROOTS
CHAPTER XVII.
HORSES BEGIN TO KNOCK UP - COMPELLED TO FOLLOW ROUND THE BEACH - TIMOR PONY
UNABLE TO PROCEED - GLOOMY PROSPECTS - OVERSEER BEGINS TO DESPOND - TWO MORE
HORSES LEFT BEHIND - FRAGMENTS OF WRECKS - WATER ALL CONSUMED - COLLECT
DEW - CHANGE IN CHARACTER OF COUNTRY - DIG A WELL - PROCURE WATER - NATIVE
AND FAMILY VISIT US - OVERSEER GOES BACK FOR BAGGAGE - DISASTROUS
TERMINATION OF HIS JOURNEY - SITUATION AND PROSPECTS OF THE PARTY
CHAPTER XVIII.
GO BACK WITH A NATIVE - SPEAR STING-RAYS - RECOVER THE BAGGAGE - COLD
WEATHER - OVERSEER RECONNOITRES THE CLIFFS - UNFAVOURABLE
REPORT - DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO BEST PLANS FOR THE FUTURE - KILL A
HORSE FOR FOOD - INJURIOUS EFFECTS FROM MEAT DIET - NATIVE BOYS BECOME
DISAFFECTED - THEY STEAL PROVISIONS - NATIVE BOYS DESERT THE PARTY - THEY
RETURN ALMOST STARVED - PARTY PROCEED ONWARDS TO THE WESTWARD - CLIFFS OF
THE BIGHT - COUNTRY BEHIND THEM - THREATENING WEATHER - MURDER OF THE
OVERSEER
APPENDIX.
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