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about to which his instruments were subjected in pubHc convey- 

 ances would soon render them useless, and, although all possible 

 care was taken, he had three or four upsets ; consequently, in 

 1861 he procured a light American waggon and used two horses. 

 By this method he was also able to avoid staying at hotels 

 and stations, for, in accepting the hospitality of settlers, he 

 invariably found that much valuable time was lost. The 

 observations were carried on both by day and night, so that, 

 being on his own, he could make the most of every opportunity 

 that presented itself. The details of his methods of packing 

 and transporting the instruments are interesting, and it is 

 pleasing to note that, with the exception of one barometer and 

 one boiling-point apparatus, they went through the whole of 

 the survey without any breakage. When he reckons that he 

 covered nearly 12,000 miles in his investigations it will be seen 

 that great care must have been exercised. 



The results of the survey may be seen on the map of Victoria 

 (8 miles to the inch) issued in 1876, where " var. . ." alongside 

 the name of a town, &c., indicates the determinations arrived 

 at by Dr. Neumayer. ' 



He found it unnecessary to employ more than one man on the 

 journeys, though he had sometimes to make use of the 

 aboriginals as guides, and on several occasions he was accom- 

 panied by friends as his own private guests. Thus Mr. Irvine 

 and Dr. Beckler went with him through the Mallee into South 

 Australia ; Mons. E. von Guerard, the artist, and Mr. J no. 

 Twynham to Kosciusko ; and Mons. N. Chevalier, the artist, 

 on his fifth and tenth trips, to the Grampians and Gippsland. 



He made several minor excursions in 1858 and 1859. His 

 main trips (mentioning only the more important places) were : — 



I. — June, 1859. — To Mount Tarrengower (Maldon) and Mary- 

 borough. 



2. — November-December, 1859. — ^"^^ Oueenscliff, Ballarat, 

 Camperdown, and Portland. 



3.— September-December, i860. — With the Victorian Exploring 

 Expedition under Burke and Wills as far as the Darling ; 

 returned from Swan Hill via Mournpall, Pine Plains, 

 Horsham, Skipton, and Meredith. 

 February, 1861. — ^A short trip to Cranbourne to examine 

 the great aerolite. 



4. — September, 1861-January, 1862. — To Kilmore, Bendigo, 

 Pine Plains, Wentworth, down Murray to sea, Mount 

 (iambier, Hamilton, Daylesford, Bacchus Marsh, &c. 

 February, 1862. — Another visit to Cran])ournc re tluv great 

 aerolite. 



5. — April-June, 1862. — ^To Cape Otway, Camperdown, Caster- 

 ton, St. Arnaud, Echuca, Kilmore, &c. 



