W. Landsborough, Esquire.*

(*Footnote. It will be seen by this letter that Captain Norman approved
of my searching to the south-east when I returned from the south-west. I
may mention that, when bidding Captain Norman goodbye, before starting,
he told me that he would be very glad to see me return to the depot at
the end of two months.)

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(Number 3.)

Albert River Depot, November 15 1861.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day,
and to state that I hope to start on the journey recommended by you in
accordance with the instruction of the Exploration Committee.

I shall do my utmost to find traces of Mr. Burke and his companions
between here and Central Mount Stuart, and will, D.V., return within the
time (ninety days) which you have given me for that purpose, if I am not
delayed from sickness, or from the country being rather too dry or too
wet. I am very much pleased to learn from you that you are willing, as
well as lies in your power, to assist me in making a second journey in
search of Mr. Burke and his companions, between here and his depot on
Cooper's Creek; because I believe the traces seen of an exploring party
by Messrs. Cornish and Buchanan, nearly three hundred miles this side of
it, were of the parties we want to find, especially as that is a route