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CONTENTS VOLUME I.

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CHAPTER I

CHARACTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT OF ITS RIVERS

PECULIARITY OF THE DARLING

SUDDEN FLOODS TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT

CHARACTER OF THE MURRAY

ITS PERIODICAL RISE

BOUNTY OF PROVIDENCE

GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE TWO RIVERS

OBSERVATIONS

RESULTS

SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S JOURNEY TO THE DARLING

ITS JUNCTION WITH THE MURRAY

ANECDOTE OF MR. SHANNON

CAPTAIN GREY'S EXPEDITION

CAPTAIN STURT'S JOURNEY

MR. EYRE'S SECOND EXPEDITION

VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

MR. OXLEY'S OPINIONS

STATE OF THE INTERIOR IN 1828

CHARACTER OF ITS PLAINS AND RIVERS

JUNCTION OF THE DARLING

FOSSIL BED OF THE MURRAY

FORMER STATE OF THE CONTINENT

THEORY OF THE INTERIOR.

CHAPTER II

PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE

ARRIVAL AT MOORUNDI

NATIVE GUIDES

NAMES OF THE PARTY

SIR JOHN BARROW'S MINUTE REPORTS OF LAIDLEY'S PONDS

CLIMATE OF THE MURRAY

PROGRESS UP THE RIVER

ARRIVAL AT LAKE BONNEY

GRASSY PLAINS

CAMBOLI'S HOME

TRAGICAL EVENTS IN THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD

PULCANTI

ARRIVAL AT THE RUFUS

VISIT TO THE NATIVE FAMILIES

RETURN OF MR. EYRE TO MOORUNDI

DEPARTURE OF MR. BROWNE TO THE EASTWARD.

CHAPTER III

MR. BROWNE'S RETURN

HIS ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY

CHANGE OF SCENE

CONTINUED RAIN

TOONDA JOINS THE PARTY

STORY OF THE MASSACRE

LEAVE LAKE VICTORIA

ACCIDENT TO FLOOD

TURN NORTHWARDS

CROSS TO THE DARLING

MEET NATIVES

TOONDA'S HAUGHTY MANNER

NADBUCK'S CUNNING

ABUNDANCE OF FEED

SUDDEN FLOODS

BAD COUNTRY

ARRIVAL AT WILLIORARA

CONSEQUENT DISAPPOINTMENT

PERPLEXITY

MR. POOLE GOES TO THE RANGES

MR. BROWNE'S RETURN

FOOD OF THE NATIVES

POSITION OF WILLIORARA.

CHAPTER IV

TOONDA'S TRIBE

DISPOSITION OF THE NATIVES

ARRIVAL OF CAMBOLI

HIS ENERGY OF CHARACTER

MR. POOLE'S RETURN

LEAVE THE DARLING

REMARKS ON THAT RIVER

CAWNDILLA

THE OLD BOOCOLO

LEAVE THE CAMP FOR THE HILLS

REACH A CREEK

WELLS

TOPAR'S MISCONDUCT

ASCEND THE RANGES

RETURN HOMEWARDS

EAVE CAWNDILLA WITH A PARTY

REACH PARNARI

MOVE TO THE HILLS

JOURNEY TO N. WEST

HEAVY RAINS

RETURN TO CAMP

MR. POOLE LEAVES

LEAVE THE RANGES

DESCENT TO THE PLAINS

MR. POOLE'S RETURN

HIS REPORT

FLOOD'S CREEK

AQUATIC BIRDS

RANGES DIMINISH IN HEIGHT.

CHAPTER V

NATIVE WOMEN

SUDDEN SQUALL

JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD

VIEW FROM MOUNT LYELL

INCREASED TEMPERATURE

MR. POOLE'S RETURN

HIS REPORT

LEAVE FLOOD'S CREEK

ENTANGLED IN THE PINE FOREST

DRIVE THE CATTLE TO WATER

EXTRICATE THE PARTY

STATE OF THE MEN

MR. POOLE AND MR. BROWNE LEAVE THE CAMP

PROCEED NORTHWARDS

CAPT. STURT LEAVES FOR THE NORTH

RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF WATER

MUDDY CREEK

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION

GYPSUM

PUSH ON TO THE RANGES

RETURN TO THE CREEK

AGAIN ASCEND THE RANGES

FIND WATER BEYOND THEM

PROCEED TO THE W.N.W.

RETURN TO THE RANGES

ANTS AND FLIES

TURN TO THE EASTWARD

NO WATER

RETURN TO THE CAMP

MR. POOLE FINDS WATER

MACK'S ADVENTURE WITH THE NATIVES

MOVE THE CAMP.

CHAPTER VI

THE DEPOT

FURTHER PROGRESS CHECKED

CHARACTER OF THE RANGES

JOURNEY TO THE NORTH-EAST

RETURN

JOURNEY TO THE WEST

RETURN

AGAIN PROCEED TO THE NORTH

INTERVIEW WITH NATIVES

ARRIVE AT THE FARTHEST WATER

THE PARTY SEPARATES

PROGRESS NORTHWARDS

CONTINUE TO ADVANCE

SUFFERINGS OF THE HORSE

CROSS THE 28TH PARALLEL

REJOIN MR. STUART

JOURNEY TO THE WESTWARD

CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY

FIND TWO PONDS OF WATER

THE GRASSY PARK

RETURN TO THE RANGE

EXCESSIVE HEAT

A SINGULAR GEOLOGICAL FEATURE

REGAIN THE DEPOT.

CHAPTER VII

MIGRATION OF THE BIRDS

JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD

FLOODED PLAINS

NATIVE FAMILY

PROCEED SOUTH, BUT FIND NO WATER

AGAIN TURN EASTWARD

STERILE COUNTRY

SALT LAGOON

DISTANT HILLS TO THE EAST

RETURN TO THE CAMP

INTENSE HEAT

OFFICERS ATTACKED BY SCURVY

JOURNEY TO THE WEST

NO WATER

FORCED TO RETURN

ILLNESS OF MR. POOLE

VISITED BY A NATIVE

SECOND JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD

STORY OF THE NATIVE

KITES AND CROWS

ERECT A PYRAMID ON MOUNT POOLE

PREPARATIONS FOR A MOVE

INDICATIONS OF RAIN

INTENSE ANXIETY

HEAVY RAIN

MR. POOLE LEAVES WITH THE HOME RETURNING PARTY

BREAK UP THE DEPOT

MR. POOLE'S SUDDEN DEATH

HIS FUNERAL

PROGRESS

WESTWARD

THE JERBOA

ESTABLISHMENT OF SECOND DEPOT

NATIVE GLUTTONY

DISTANT MOUNTAINS SEEN

REACH LAKE TORRENS

EXAMINATION OF THE COUNTRY N.W. OF IT

RETURN TO THE DEPOT

VISITED BY NATIVES

PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE AGAIN INTO THE NORTH-WEST INTERIOR.

CHAPTER VIII

LEAVE THE DEPOT FOR THE NORTH-WEST

SCARCITY OF WATER

FOSSIL LIMESTONE

ARRIVE AT THE FIRST CREEK

EXTENSIVE PLAINS

SUCCESSION OF CREEKS

FLOODED CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY

POND WITH FISH

STERILE COUNTRY

GRASSY PLAINS

INTREPID NATIVE

COUNTRY APPARENTLY IMPROVES

DISAPPOINTMENTS

WATER FOUND

APPEARANCE OF THE STONY DESERT

NIGHT THEREON

THE EARTHY PLAIN

HILLS RAISED BY REFRACTION

RECOMMENCEMENT OF THE SAND RIDGES

THEIR UNDEVIATING REGULARITY

CONJECTURES AS TO THE DESERT

RELATIVE POSITION OF LAKE TORRENS

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

CHAPTER IX

FLOOD'S QUICK SIGHT

FOREST FULL OF BIRDS

NATIVE WELL

BIRDS COLLECT TO DRINK

DANGEROUS PLAIN

FLOOD'S HORSE LOST

SCARCITY OF WATER

TURN NORTHWARD

DISCOVER A LARGE CREEK

BRIGHT PROSPECTS

SUDDEN DISAPPOINTMENT

SALT LAGOON

SCARCITY OF WATER

SALT WATER CREEK

CHARACTER OF THE INTERIOR

FORCED TO TURN BACK

RISK OF ADVANCING

THE FURTHEST NORTH

RETURN TO AND EXAMINATION OF THE CREEK

PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD

DREADFUL COUNTRY

JOURNEY TO THE NORTH

AGAIN FORCED TO RETURN

NATIVES

STATION ON THE CREEK

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

Expedition into Central Australia

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