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despatches it is presumed will prove an interesting addition 
to Dr. Leichardt's journey, tending as it does to confirm 
many of Dr. Leichardt's discoveries, and also putting us in 
possession of new facts in regard to the geography and botany 
of that portion of Australia. 
-At the commencement of the exploration they found the 
heat excessive, and water so very scarce, in the channel of 
the River Bogan, that they were obliged to abandon that 
route, and it was only with great difficulty, and after consi- 
derable delay, the party could be conducted to the River 
Darling. "Throughout the month of January, Fahrenheit's 
thermometer: stood frequently at 117°; in the shade it was 
seldom below 100". The intense heat killed all their kanga- 
roo dogs, and most of the party were attacked with opthal- 
mia ; the draught oxen were also so much distressed that 
some of them fell dead on the journey, and the expedition 
was obliged to halt for two weeks at the ponds of Cannonba, 
between the River Macquarie and the Bogan. It was subse- 
quently ascertained that they could only hope to reach the 
Darling by the marshes of the Macquarie. 
Sir Thomas, with his party, reached the junction of the 
Macquarie with the Darling, in long. 147? 33^ E. lat. 306' S. 
À few miles higher up he found a good ford across the 
ing (or Barwan as the natives call it in that part), and 
advancing over a fine open country reached the Narran 
Swamp at 26 miles from the Darling. This swamp appears 
to be almost an exact counterpart of the marshes of the 
Macquarie, The. Balonne, which Sir Thomas describes as 
* Only inferior to the Murray in breadth and depth,” in long. 
M8 2]: E., and lat. 28? 31/ S., separates to the south of © 
that Point into various channels. The most westerly and - 2. 
Main branch is the Culgoa, which joins the Darling about — 
thirty niles above Fort Bourke; three others, Sir Thomas 
has reason to believe, reunite and join the Darling higher 
Up. The Narran terminates in the swamp of the same nar 
Sir Thomas remarks: _ moodi erates al 
3 Narran seems a wonderful provision of sue for 
