Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by John Forrest
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also shot an emu that came to water, and which we carried to camp.
Reached there at 6 p.m. and found all well, having been absent seven days, every night being without water, during which time we travelled over 200 miles. 6th. Weighed all the rations, and found we had 283 pounds flour, 31 pounds bacon, 28 pounds sugar, and 4 pounds tea--equal to thirty-two days' allowance of flour, ten days' bacon, nineteen days' sugar, and twenty-one days' tea on a full ration. Thereupon concluded to return to Perth as quickly as possible, and reduce the allowance of tea and sugar to last thirty days--bacon to be done without. By that time I hope to reach Clarke's homestead, Victoria Plains, and intend to return by Mount Kenneth, Nanjajetty, Ningham, or Mount Singleton, and thence to Damparwar and Clarke's homestead, thus fixing a few points that will be useful to the Survey Office. THE RETURN JOURNEY. 7th. At 6.30 a.m., barometer 28 86, thermometer 34 degrees. Started on the return, and followed along our outward tracks for sixteen miles. Camped on east side of granite range, in south latitude 28 degrees 57 minutes, and east longitude 120 degrees 55 minutes. 8th. Travelling nearly along our eastward track, and passing our bivouac of the 19th June, we reached the Two Springs bivouac. 9th. |
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