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WELL
WITHOUT WATER--NATIVES--SUCCESSFUL FISHING--
VALUE OF SHEEP--DECIDE ON A RETREAT--PROPOSE THAT
MR. BROWNE SHOULD LEAVE--HIS REFUSAL TO DESERT
THE PARTY--MR. BROWNE'S DECISION--PREPARE TO LEAVE
THE CAMP--REMARKS ON THE CLIMATE-- AGAIN LEAVE
THE DEPOT--SINGULAR EXPLOSION--DISCOVER A LARGE
CREEK--PROCEED TO THE NORTH--RECURRENCE OF SAND
RIDGES--SALT WATER LAKE--AGAIN STRIKE THE STONY
DESERT--ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT.

CHAPTER II
THE HORSES--ASCEND THE HILLS--IRRESOLUTION AND
RETREAT-- HORSES REDUCED TO GREAT
WANT--UNEXPECTED RELIEF--TRY THE DESERT TO THE
N.E.--FIND WATER IN OUR LAST WELL--REACH THE
CREEK--PROCEED TO THE EASTWARD--PLAGUE OF FLIES
AND ANTS-- SURPRISE AN OLD MAN--SEA-GULLS AND
PELICANS--FISH--POOL OF BRINE--MEET NATIVES--TURN TO
THE N.E.--COOPER'S CREEK TRIBE, THEIR KINDNESS AND
APPEARANCE--ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE PLAINS-- TURN
BACK--PROCEED TO THE NORTHWARD--EFFECTS OF
REFRACTION-- FIND NATIVES AT OUR OLD CAMP AND THE
STORES UNTOUCHED-- COOPER'S CREEK, ITS
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION.

CHAPTER III

CONTINUED DROUGHT--TERRIFIC EFFECT OF HOT
WIND--THERMOMETER BURSTS--DEATH OF POOR
BAWLEY--FIND THE STOCKADE DESERTED-- LEAVE FORT
GREY FOR THE DEPOT--DIFFERENCE OF SEASONS--
MIGRATION OF BIRDS--HOT WINDS--EMBARRASSING
POSITION-- MR. BROWNE STARTS FOR FLOOD'S
CREEK--THREE BULLOCKS SHOT-- COMMENCEMENT OF
THE RETREAT--ARRIVAL AT FLOOD'S CREEK--STATE OF
VEGETATION--EFFECTS OF SCURVY--ARRIVE AT ROCKY
GLEN-- COMPARISON OF NATIVE TRIBES--HALT AT
CARNAPAGA--ARRIVAL AT CAWNDILLA--REMOVAL TO THE
DARLING--LEAVE THE DARLING--STATE OF THE
RIVER--OPPRESSIVE HEAT--VISITED BY
NADBUCK--ARRIVAL AT MOORUNDI.

CHAPTER IV
REMARKS ON THE SEASON--DRY STATE OF THE
ATMOSPHERE-- THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS--WINDS
IN THE INTERIOR--DIRECTION OF THE
RANGES--GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS--NON-EXISTENCE
OF ANY CENTRAL CHAIN--PROBABLE COURSE OF THE
STONY DESERT--WHETHER CONNECTED WITH LAKE
TORRENS--OPINIONS OF CAPTAIN FLINDERS-- NO
INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE NATIVES--THE
NATIVES--THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE--DISPROPORTION
BETWEEN THE SEXES--THE WOMEN--CUSTOMS OF THE
NATIVES--THEIR HABITATIONS--FOOD--
LANGUAGE--CONCLUSION.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEA COAST AND INTERIOR OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
CONNECTED WITH ITS INTERESTS.
CHAPTER I
DUTIES OF AN EXPLORER--GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF
SOUTH AUSTRALIA--DESCRIPTION OF ITS COAST LINE--SEA
MOUTH OF THE MURRAY--ENTERED BY MR. PULLEN--RISK
OF THE ATTEMPT-- BEACHING--ROSETTA
HARBOUR--VICTOR HARBOUR--NEPEAN BAY-- KANGAROO

ISLAND--KINGSCOTE--CAPT. LEE'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR PORT
ADELAIDE--PORT ADELAIDE--REMOVAL TO THE NORTH
ARM-- HARBOUR MASTER'S REPORT--YORKE'S
PENINSULA--PORT LINCOLN-- CAPT. LEE'S
INSTRUCTIONS--BOSTON ISLAND--BOSTON BAY-- COFFIN'S
BAY--MR. CAMERON SENT ALONG THE COAST--HIS
REPORT-- POSITION OF PORT ADELAIDE.

CHAPTER II
PLAINS OF ADELAIDE--BRIDGES OVER THE TORRENS--SITE
OF ADELAIDE--GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILDINGS AND
CHURCHES--SCHOOLS-- POLICE--ROADS--THE
GAWLER--BAROSSA RANGE--THE MURRAY BELT--
MOORUNDI--NATIVES ON THE MURRAY--DISTANT STOCK
STATIONS-- MOUNT GAMBIER DISTRICT--ITS
RICHNESS--ASCENT TO MOUNT LOFTY-- MOUNT BARKER
DISTRICT--SCENE IN HINDMARSH VALLEY--PROPORTION OF
SOIL IN THE PROVINCE--PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL--
PORT LINCOLN--CLIMATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA--RANGE
OF THE THERMOMETER--SALUBRITY.

CHAPTER III
SEASONS--CAUSE WHY SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS FINE
GRAIN--EXTENT OF CULTIVATION--AMOUNT OF
STOCK--THE BURRA-BURRA MINE--ITS
MAGNITUDE--ABUNDANCE OF MINERALS--ABSENCE OF
COAL--SMELTING ORE--IMMENSE PROFITS OF THE
BURRA-BURRA--EFFECT OF THE MINES ON THE LABOUR
MARKET--RELUCTANCE OF THE LOWER ORDERS TO
EMIGRATE--DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANADA AND
AUSTRALIA--THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES--STATE OF
SOCIETY--THE MIDDLE CLASSES-- THE SQUATTERS--THE
GERMANS--THE NATIVES--AUTHOR'S INTERVIEWS WITH
THEM--INSTANCES OF JUST FEELING--THEIR BAD
QUALITIES-- PERSONAL APPEARANCE--YOUNG SETTLERS
ON THE MURRAY-- CONCLUSION.
MR. KENNEDY'S SURVEY OF THE RIVER VICTORIA
APPENDIX
ANIMALS BIRDS NO. I. LIST OF SPECIMENS, AND THE NAMES

OF THE VARIOUS ROCKS, COLLECTED DURING THE
EXPEDITION NO. II. LOCALITIES OF THE DIFFERENT
GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, COLLECTED BY THE CENTRAL
AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION BOTANICAL APPENDIX, BY R.
BROWN, ESQ., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.L.S, &C.

PLATES TO VOLUME II.
View from Stanley's Range Native Grave Cooper's Creek Geophaps
plumifera Strzelecki's Creek Mr. Eyre's House at Moorundi Piesse's
Knob King William Street, Adelaide Port Adelaide Mount Bryan
Murray River Cinclosoma Cinnamoneus

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VOLUME I

PREFACE.

The prominent part I have taken in the furtherance of Geographical
Discovery on the Australian continent, and the attention, it will
naturally be supposed, I have paid to the subject generally, will lead the
reader perhaps to expect that I should, at the commencement of a work
such as this, put him in possession of all the facts, with which I myself
am acquainted, as to the character of those portions of it, which had
been explored, before I commenced my recent labours. This may
reasonably be expected from me by my readers, not only to enable
them to follow me into the heartless desert from which, it may still be
said, I have so lately returned, with that distinctness which can alone
secure interest to my narrative; but, also, to judge whether the
conclusions at which I arrived, and upon which I acted, were such as
past experience ought to have led me to adopt.
It has struck me forcibly that such information would undoubtedly be
desirable, not only to render my own details clearer, but to explain my

views, since I should exceedingly regret that any imputation of
rashness or inconsistency were laid to my charge; or if it was thought, I
had volunteered hazardous and important undertakings, for the love of
adventure alone.
The field of Ambition, professionally speaking, is closed upon the
soldier during the period of his service in