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VOLUME II.

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CHAPTER II/I

REFLECTIONS ON OUR DIFFICULTIES

COMMENCE THE RETREAT

EYRE'S CREEK

PASS THE NATIVE WELL

RECROSS THE STONY DESERT

FIND ANOTHER 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/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 II/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 II/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.

Expedition into Central Australia

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