Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt
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DESERT TO THE N.E.--FIND WATER IN OUR LAST WELL--REACH THE
CREEK--PROCEED TO THE EASTWARD--PLAGUE OF FLIES AND ANTS-- SURPRISE AN OLD MAN--SEA-GULLS AND PELICANS--FISH--POOL OF BRINE--MEET NATIVES--TURN TO THE N.E.--COOPER'S CREEK TRIBE, THEIR KINDNESS AND APPEARANCE--ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE PLAINS-- TURN BACK--PROCEED TO THE NORTHWARD--EFFECTS OF REFRACTION-- FIND NATIVES AT OUR OLD CAMP AND THE STORES UNTOUCHED-- COOPER'S CREEK, ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION. CHAPTER III CONTINUED DROUGHT--TERRIFIC EFFECT OF HOT WIND--THERMOMETER BURSTS--DEATH OF POOR BAWLEY--FIND THE STOCKADE DESERTED-- LEAVE FORT GREY FOR THE DEPOT--DIFFERENCE OF SEASONS-- MIGRATION OF BIRDS--HOT WINDS--EMBARRASSING POSITION-- MR. BROWNE STARTS FOR FLOOD'S CREEK--THREE BULLOCKS SHOT-- COMMENCEMENT OF THE RETREAT--ARRIVAL AT FLOOD'S CREEK--STATE OF VEGETATION--EFFECTS OF SCURVY--ARRIVE AT ROCKY GLEN-- COMPARISON OF NATIVE TRIBES--HALT AT CARNAPAGA--ARRIVAL AT CAWNDILLA--REMOVAL TO THE DARLING--LEAVE THE DARLING--STATE OF THE RIVER--OPPRESSIVE HEAT--VISITED BY NADBUCK--ARRIVAL AT MOORUNDI. CHAPTER IV REMARKS ON THE SEASON--DRY STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE-- THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS--WINDS IN THE INTERIOR--DIRECTION OF THE RANGES--GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS--NON-EXISTENCE OF ANY CENTRAL CHAIN--PROBABLE COURSE OF THE STONY DESERT--WHETHER CONNECTED WITH LAKE TORRENS--OPINIONS OF CAPTAIN FLINDERS-- NO INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE NATIVES--THE NATIVES--THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE--DISPROPORTION BETWEEN THE SEXES--THE WOMEN--CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES--THEIR HABITATIONS--FOOD-- LANGUAGE--CONCLUSION. |
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