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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.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS, BY J. E.

GRAY, ESQ. F.R.S. CATALOGUE OF REPTILES AND FISH,
FOUND AT KING GEORGE'S SOUND, BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT
COMMISSARY--GENERAL NEILL. THE REPTILES NAMED AND
ARRANGED BY J. E. GRAY, ESQ., AND THE FISH BY DR.
RICHARDSON DESCRIPTION AND FIGURES OF FOUR NEW
SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN INSECTS, BY ADAM WHITE, ESQ.
M.E.S. DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW INVERTEBRATED
ANIMALS FROM AUSTRALIA, BY J. E. GRAY, ESQ. F.R.S.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTEROUS
INSECTS, BY EDWARD DOUBLEDAY, ESQ. F.R.S. etc. LIST OF
BIRDS KNOWN TO INHABIT SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, BY
JOHN GOULD, ESQ. F.R.S.
LIST OF PLATES--VOLUME I.
Tenberry, with Wife and Child, drawn by G. Hamilton Departure of the
Expedition drawn by G. Hamilton Opossum-hunting at Gawler Plains
Native Graves Wylie (J. Neil) Plate I.--New Toads and Frogs Plate
II.--New Frogs and new Bat Plate III.--New Insects Plate IV.--New
Cray-fish Plate V.--New Shells Plate VI.--New Butterflies

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
THE CAMP PLUNDERED--NIGHT OF HORRORS--PROCEED ON
TO THE WESTWARD--THE BOYS FOLLOW US--THEY ARE
LEFT BEHIND--FORCED MARCHES--DESERT
COUNTRY--BANKSIAS MET WITH--TRACES OF
NATIVES--TERMINATION OF THE CLIFFS--FIND WATER
CHAPTER II.
REFLECTIONS UPON SITUATION--WATCH FOR THE ARRIVAL
OF THE NATIVE BOYS--THEIR PROBABLE FATE--PROCEED
ON THE JOURNEY--FACILITY OF OBTAINING WATER--KILL A

HORSE FOR FOOD--SILVER-BARK TEA-TREE--INTENSE
COLD--FIRST HILLS SEEN--GOOD GRASS--APPETITE OF A
NATIVE--INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF UNWHOLESOME
DIET--CHANGE IN THE CHARACTER OF THE
COUNTRY--GRANITE FORMS THE LOW WATER LEVEL--TREE
WASHED ON SHORE--INDISPOSITION
CHAPTER III.
HEAVY ROAD--A YOUNG KANGAROO SHOT--GRASSY
COUNTRY--POINT MALCOLM--TRACES OF ITS HAVING BEEN
VISITED BY EUROPEANS--GRASS-TREES MET WITH--A
KANGAROO KILLED--CATCH FISH--GET ANOTHER
KANGAROO--CRAB HUNTING--RENEW THE
JOURNEY--CASUARINAE MET WITH--CROSS THE LEVEL
BANK--LOW COUNTRY BEHIND IT--CAPE ARID--SALT
WATER CREEK--XAMIA SEEN--CABBAGE TREE OF THE
SOUND--FRESH WATER LAKE--MORE SALT
STREAMS--OPOSSUMS CAUGHT--FLAG REEDS
FOUND--FRESH WATER STREAMS--BOATS SEEN--MEET
WITH A WHALER
CHAPTER IV.
GO ON BOARD THE MISSISSIPPI--WET WEATHER--VISIT
LUCKY BAY--INTERVIEW WITH NATIVES--WYLIE
UNDERSTANDS THEIR LANGUAGE--GET THE HORSES
SHOD--PREPARE TO LEAVE THE VESSEL--KINDNESS AND
LIBERALITY OF CAPTAIN ROSSITER--RENEW JOURNEY TO
THE WESTWARD--FOSSIL FORMATION STILL
CONTINUES--SALT WATER STREAMS AND LAKES--A LARGE
SALT RIVER--CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER V.
LARGE WATERCOURSE--LAKE OF FRESH WATER--HEAVY
RAINS--REACH MOUNT BARREN--SALT LAKES AND

STREAMS--BARREN SCRUBBY COUNTRY--RANGES BEHIND
KING GEORGE'S SOUND ARE SEEN--BRACKISH PONDS--PASS
CAPE RICHE--A LARGE SALT RIVER--CHAINS OF
PONDS--GOOD LAND--HEAVILY TIMBERED COUNTRY--COLD
WEATHER--FRESH LAKE--THE CANDIUP RIVER--KING'S
RIVER--EXCESSIVE RAINS--ARRIVAL AT KING GEORGE'S
SOUND, AND TERMINATION OF THE
EXPEDITION--RECEPTION OF WYLIE BY THE NATIVES
CHAPTER VI.
CONCLUDING REMARKS

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABORIGINES OF
AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS--UNJUST OPINIONS GENERALLY
ENTERTAINED OF THE CHARACTER OF THE
NATIVE--DIFFICULTIES AND DISADVANTAGES HE LABOURS
UNDER IN HIS RELATIONS WITH
EUROPEANS--AGGRESSIONS AND INJURIES ON THE PART OF
THE LATTER IN GREAT DEGREE EXTENUATE HIS CRIMES
CHAPTER II.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE--DRESS--CHARACTER--HABITS OF
LIFE--MEETINGS OF TRIBES--WARS--DANCES--SONGS
CHAPTER III.
FOOD--HOW PROCURED--HOW PREPARED--LIMITATION AS
TO AGE, etc.
CHAPTER IV.

PROPERTY IN
LAND--DWELLINGS--WEAPONS--IMPLEMENTS--GOVERNME
NT--CUSTOMS--SOCIAL
RELATIONS--MARRIAGE--NOMENCLATURE
CHAPTER V.
CEREMONIES AND SUPERSTITIONS--FORMS OF
BURIAL--MOURNING CUSTOMS--RELIGIOUS
IDEAS--EMPIRICS, etc.
CHAPTER VI.
NUMBERS--DISEASES--CAUSE OF LIMITED
POPULATION--CRIMES AGAINST EUROPEANS--AMONGST
THEMSELVES--TREATMENT OF EACH OTHER IN
DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD, etc.
CHAPTER VII.
LANGUAGE, DIALECTS, CUSTOMS, etc.--GENERAL
SIMILARITY THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT--CAUSES OF
DIFFERENCES--ROUTE BY WHICH THE NATIVES HAVE
OVERSPREAD THE COUNTRY, etc.
CHAPTER VIII.
EFFECTS OF CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS--ATTEMPTS AT
IMPROVEMENT AND CIVILIZATION--ACCOUNT OF
SCHOOLS--DEFECTS OF THE SYSTEM
CHAPTER IX.
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM ADOPTED
TOWARDS THE NATIVES 458
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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES OF NATIVE ORNAMENTS,
WEAPONS, IMPLEMENTS, AND WORKS OF INDUSTRY

LIST OF PLATES.--VOL. II.
Distribution of flour at Moorunde, G. Hamilton Arrival at King
George's Sound, J. Neill Plate I.--Native