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Unable to bear him farther, he placed him on the ground; but, refusing to leave him, threw up with his bayonet a slight cover of earth, protected by which the two remained till dark, when he brought off his wounded companion. He also volunteered for the advanced guard of Major-General Eyre's brigade, in the Cemetery, on the 18th of June 1855. During the whole war he was never absent from duty.
I can readily believe that the water would be fairly beaten back out of the deepest channel, and then, returning with an overwhelming force, would whirl about huge masses of rock like so much chaff. In Eyre's Sound, in the latitude of Paris, there are immense glaciers, and yet the loftiest neighbouring mountain is only 6200 feet high.
Eyre's vivid narrative; and as we know that it exists in New Guinea, we may fairly infer that so far we can trace the migration of the population of the fifth division of the globe.* It is a curious circumstance to observe that the same custom prevailed among the ancient Scythians, as we learn from Mr. St.
For more than twelve months Eyre had been engaged forcing his way from Adelaide to the Western colony; and the incidents of the journey have been dwelt upon because afterwards I passed over the same ground, though in the opposite direction, and the records of Eyre's expedition were of the greatest service to me, by at least enabling me to guard against a repetition of the terrible sufferings he endured.
I well remember the very first night I spent in my own house in Jamaica, where I went to live shortly after the repression of 'Governor Eyre's rebellion, as everybody calls it locally. All night long I heard somebody, as I thought, practising with a revolver in my own back garden: a sound which somewhat alarmed me under those very unstable social conditions.
Lieutenants Grey and Lushington on the West Coast Narrow escape Start with an equipment of Timor ponies Grey wounded by the natives Cave drawings Return, having discovered the Glenelg Grey's second expedition Landed at Bernier Island, in Shark's Bay, with three whale-boats Cross to borne Island Violent storm Discovery of the Gascoyne Return to Bernier Island Find their CACHE of provisions destroyed by a hurricane Hopeless position Attempted landing at Gautheaume Bay Destruction of the boats Walk to Perth Great sufferings Death of Smith Eyre and the overlanders Discovery of Lake Hindmarsh Exploration of Gippsland Eyre's explorations to the north Discovery of Lake Torrens Disappointment in the country bordering on it Determines to go to King George's Sound Repeated attempts to reach the head of the Great Australian Bight Loss of horses Barren and scrubby country Final determination to send back most of the party Starts with overseer and three natives Hardship and suffering Murder of the overseer by two of the natives Eyre continues his journey with the remaining boy Relieved by the MISSISSIPPI whaler Reaches King George's Sound.
Before Leichhardt's return, Sir Thomas Mitchell had started on his long-delayed journey, which, in the main, had the same purpose in view as Leichhardt's. This expedition had been long talked of. Eyre's services, provided that no prior claim to the post was advanced by Captain Sturt. He also desired Eyre's views as to the expense of the party.
They then remained in different places in fact, wherever they could get any shelter, until dusk, as, if they had attempted to retire, they would have been all destroyed. The men of General Eyre's column found lots of drink in the houses. Our losses in the four columns are 1400 killed and wounded, 64 officers wounded, and 16 killed. The French lost 6000 killed and wounded, they say!
Malham-Dembleby, in a third parallel column, uses the same phrases to describe Jane Eyre's arrival at Rochester's house, her dreams, and the appearance of Rochester's mad wife at her bedside; his contention being that the two scenes are written by the same hand. All this is very curious and interesting; so far, however, Mr.
The nature of the country was quite unknown, except so far as indicated by the not very encouraging record of Eyre's journey. We felt that we should inevitably have to encounter considerable difficulties, and perhaps even fail to reach Eucla. I deemed it right to give explicit directions to Mr.
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