Narrative Of The Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine, From Rockhampton To Cape York, Northern Queensland By Frank Jardine And Alexander Jardine
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The party being
without meat, and it being impossible to stop in such a country to
kill a beast,
Part of his flesh was dressed and carried on, which was
a grateful addition to the food, and although two or three at first
refused to eat of it, the craving of hunger soon made them forget
their repugnance to horse-flesh. At night the horses had to be short
hobbled and a watch kept over them. The weather kept fine, raising
the hopes of the Leader of getting in before the rains.
'January' 19. - Despite the watch kept over the horses, they got
away during the night, and a late start was the consequence. Several
hours were also lost at the first mile on the journey, in consequence
of some of the horses getting "upside down" in one of the deep narrow
creeks, which were constantly recurring, and having to be extricated.
These creeks run N.W., and take their rise from springs. They are so
boggy that in some cases, though perhaps only eighteen inches wide,
they had to be headed before the cattle could pass. The summit of
the range was reached in seven miles of similar country to that of
yesterday, resembling (identical in fact) in appearance and botanical
character, to the worst country of Botany Bay, the Surry Hills, and
coast about Sydney. A thick vine scrub was then passed, when the
party emerged on to some open ridges of red sandy soil, timbered with
bloodwood, stringy-bark, and nonda.
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