I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

(Signed) W. LANDSBOROUGH,

Commander of the Victorian and Queensland Land Expedition.

(*Footnote. The freshness of the horses was surprising: because so soon
after the hardships of their voyage, and the destruction of their forage
on board the Firefly by seawater, they were chiefly sustained, from
Hardy's Island till landing at Carpentaria, by grass cut by our party:
this was a task of some difficulty, as we had no implements for doing so
excepting our knives.)

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NUMBER 1.

Albert River, October 18 1861.

To Captain Norman, H.M.C.S. Victoria.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that I have much pleasure, after the