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Land Magnetic Observations, 1914-20 



which our Elcho Island pilot led us had just been covered by the tide, so we pushed on 

 without delay. He then guided us to the shore of Buckingham Bay, where he found a 

 small spring, and we took on the much-needed supply of water. We then headed for 

 Alger Island and thence to Cadell Straits, where we dropped the pilot at the camp of his 

 tribe, after making him a present of tobacco, matches, and flour for his services. With 

 favoring wind and sea, we made good progress to Mr. Murphy's station at Bowen Straits, 

 which we reached on September 10 with no mishap save the loss of our mainsail, which 

 was torn beyond repair and was useless for the remainder of the trip. Mr. Murphy 

 accepted my invitation to accompany me to Darwin, where we arrived September 16, 

 thus ending a trip of about 1,650 miles in our little launch, which had occupied about 

 6 weeks. 



Table 9 gives list of stations occupied, with dates and geographic positions; for mag- 

 netic data, see Table of Results. 



Table 9. 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



32 



33 



34 



35 



36 



37 



Name 1 



Brisbane 



Roekhampton 



Victoria River 



Depot (Victoria River) 



Timber Creek 



Delamere 



Katherine River 



Pine Creek, A 



Pine Creek, B 



Mission Station (Bathurst Island) . . 



Piper Head 



Bynoe 



Batchelor 



Darwin 



Mission Station (Roper River) 



Borroloola 



Ryan's Bend 



Five-Mile Bar (McArthur River). . . 



Black Rocks 



Sir Edward Pellew Islands 



Cape Hotham 



Cahill's Landing 



Oenpelli 



Connell's Creek 



Victoria (Port Essington) 



Cape Croker 



Cape Coekburn 



Twenty-Mile Landing (King River) 

 Cadell's Landing (Liverpool River) . 



Goyder River 



Cape Wessel 



Bromby's Islands 



Arnhem Bay 



Alger Island 



Bowen Straits Aboriginal Station. . 



Brenton Bay 



Point Charles Lighthouse 



Date 



1914 



Mar. 23 



" 25 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



8 

 13 

 14 

 19 

 25 



28,29 

 29 



4 



6 



9,10 

 14,15 

 19 



8 

 13, 14 

 15, 16 

 17 

 22 

 23 

 16 



24,27 

 25,26 

 31 

 10 



12,13 

 17 



19,20 

 22 

 25 

 30 



2 



4 



" 10,11 

 " 13, 14 

 Oct. 3-7 



Lat. South 



27 

 23 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 13 

 12 

 14 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 10 

 11 

 11 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 12 



27.0 



22.0 



24.5 



37.0 



38.1 



44.1 



26.1 



49.6 



49.6 



45.5 



16.3 



45.3 



03.6 



26.7 



44.9 



04.2 



08.2 



00.2 



56.4 



35.1 



04 



21 4 



19.8 



17.4 



22. 



58. 



20. 



54. 



06. 



18. 



00.7 



51.9 



26.6 



53 6 



20.6 



18.4 



23.4 



Long. East 



153 02 



150 30 



130 02 



130 27 



130 29 



131 32 



132 17 

 131 51 

 131 51 

 130 39 

 130 23 



130 40 



131 03 



130 50 

 134 50 

 136 22 

 136 08 

 136 24 

 136 31 

 136 43 



131 16 



132 57 



133 02 



131 32 



132 08 

 132 32 



132 52 



133 24 



134 11 



135 12 



136 45 

 136 34 

 136 03 

 135 57 

 132 33 

 131 13 

 130 39 



1 Stations 1 and 2 are in Queensland; all the others are in Northern Territory. 



Surprisingly few natives had been seen, though signal fires were lighted ahead of us all 

 along the coast. The protector was of the opinion that, being frightened by the size of 

 our party, they were in hiding. We were never visited by hostile canoes during the night , 

 1 ul a rms were kept handy at all anchorages east of King River. The sea abounds in reefs 

 and shoals, and a constant watch was maintained for them while under way. Except for 

 short distances known to the blacks, I made myself responsible for the navigation of the 



