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After two days' journey, the direction of the Barcoo turned west, and even north of west, and the bed contained fine reaches of water, one hundred, and one hundred and twenty yards wide. Kennedy turned back for the whole of his party, considering that his duty was to follow such a river, no matter in what direction it led him.
From the eastern shore, the steady progress, although not destined to finally succeed, gradually brought nearly half the continent under the sway of settlement, and the advance was mainly checked by the disappointment resulting from Kennedy's examination of the Barcoo, and its final course into a dreary desert.
His pulse was right, as I found by timing it with my own; and the hard swelling of the elbows seemed to have relaxed a little. The backs of his hands were pretty bad with the external scurvy known as 'Barcoo rot' produced by unsuitable food and extreme hardship but that had nothing to do with the complaint which had so strangely overtaken him.
"There's there's a lot in what you say, Sally Thompson," he admitted slowly, totally ignoring Box-o'-Tricks. "But but "Oh, we've had enough of the old fool," yelled Barcoo. "Macquarie was a spieler, and any man that ud be his mate ain't much better." "Here, take a drink and dry up, yer ole hass!" said the man behind the bar, pushing a bottle and glass towards the drunkard. "D'ye want a row?"
Kennedy traces the Victoria in its final course south Re-named the Barcoo First notice of the PITURI chewing natives Leichhardt's second Expedition Failure and Return Leichhardt's last Expedition His absolute disappearance Conjectures as to his fate Kennedy starts from Rockingham Bay to Cape York Scrubs and swamps Great exertions Hostile natives Insufficiency of supplies provided Dying horses Main party left in Weymouth Bay Another separation at Shelburne Bay Murder of Kennedy at the Escape River Rescue of Jacky the black boy His pathetic tale of suffering Failure to find the camp at Shelburne Bay Rescue of but two survivors at Weymouth Bay The remainder starved to death Von Mueller in the Australian Alps Western Australia Landor and Lefroy, in 1843 First expedition of the brothers Gregory, in 1846 Salt lakes and scrub Lieutenant Helpman sent to examine the coal seam discovered Roe, in 1848 His journey to the east and to the south A. C. Gregory attempts to reach the Gascoyne Foiled by the nature of the country Discovers silver ore on the Murchison Governor Fitzgerald visits the mine Wounded by the natives Rumour of Leichhardt having been murdered by the blacks Hely's expedition in quest of him Story unfounded Austin's explorations in Western Australia Terrible scrubs Poison camp Determined efforts to the north Heat and thirst Forced to return.
The main discovery that was the most valuable outcome of this trip was, of course, the confirmation of the supposed identity of the Barcoo and Cooper's Creek; as Gregory was otherwise on the tracks of former explorers, no fresh discoveries could well be expected on the course he followed. Thus, after many fruitless efforts and disappointments, the second great inland river system was evolved.
Stuart's last Expedition Frew's Pond Daly Waters Arrival at the Sea The flag at last hoisted on the northern shore Return Serious illness of the Leader The Burke relief Expedition John M'Kinlay Native rumours Discovery of Gray's body Hodgkinson sent to Blanche Water with the news Returns with the information of King's rescue by Howitt M'Kinlay starts north Reaches the Gulf coast Makes for the new Queensland settlements on the Burdekin Reaches the Bowen River in safety Mystery of the camel's tracks Landsborough's expedition Discovery of the Gregory River The Herbert Return to the Albert depot News of Burke and Wills Landsborough reduces his party and starts home overland Returns by way of the Barcoo Landsborough and his critics His work as an Explorer Walker starts from Rockhampton Another L tree found on the Barcoo Walker crosses the head of the Flinders Finds the tracks of Burke and Wills Tries to follow them up Returns to Queensland Abandonment of the desert theory Private expeditions Dalrymple and others.
They plodded away on the weary, dusty journey, until the iron roofs and walls of Barcoo gleamed like a mirage in the distance, and the coach rolled up to the hotel. A telegraph official came lounging forward. "Anyone here the name of Charles Gordon?" he said. "That's me," said Charlie. "Telegram for you," he said. "It's been all over the country after you."
There was great mention of bogus bonds, bad investments, liabilities and assets and personal estates, and of a thing called an official assignee whatever that is voluntary sequestration, and a jargon of such terms that were enough to mither a Barcoo lawyer.
I was half-asleep, I suppose, and was startled; anyhow, never thinking what I was doing, I picked up a firestick out of the fire and flung it at the 'possum. "Whoop! Before you could say Jack Robertson, that thousand head of cattle were on their feet, and made one wild, headlong, mad rush right over the place where poor old Barcoo Jim was sleeping.
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