is an additional reason for my going on the expedition, and that I will
have a much better chance of being successful in the main object of the
expedition than I had on my last one.

Mr. Walker will not be able probably to follow the tracks of Mr. Burke
and his companions, as too long a time has elapsed since these tracks
were made.

In conclusion I thank you for the sanction you have given me to proceed
on this expedition, especially as I never would have had anything to do
with it had I imagined that I would have been checked in going the way I
now propose; for all along I thought it would be the way where Burke's
tracks were most likely to be found, and more particularly after I
learned from Messrs. Cornish and Buchanan that they had seen what they
believed to be the tracks of Burke's party, about 200 miles to the
westward of Mount Narien.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

(Signed) W. LANDSBOROUGH,

Commander of the Victorian and Queensland Land Expedition.

Captain Norman, H.M.C.S. Victoria, Commander-in-Chief of Northern
Expedition Parties.

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