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—Striking Camp. — 



Saturday mornins: brolce rUiU aud tlireatening. and by 7 a.m. 

 a steady rain began to fall. This was unfoi'tunate. because it 

 \Yas not nice work or satisfactory to strike tents in the wet. 

 Thanks to the courtesy and forethought of the Resident Engineer 

 of the Railway Department (^Ir. llayman) the railway carriage 

 of the special train was sent up at an early hour, and formed 

 a haven of refuge for the ladies Avhile the tents were being struck. 



— Homeward Bound. — 



Every one worked well, and by noon the whole of onr kit wax 

 well packed in the truck, the engine appeared on the scene, and 

 we left Waruiida Creek, if not in tears, decidedly on the damp 

 side. Still we should not have complained, for by the beaming 

 faces of the farmers who we passed along the line unmistakably 

 told us that this rain meant much, to them. Arriving at Port 

 Lincoln in good time, the truck was shunted down the pier to 

 the ship's side, and, amidst a steady downpour, was unloaded 

 into the hold; and at a little after 5 p.m. the comfortable little 

 steamer Rupara threw off her moorings and stood away to Port 

 Adelaide. 



— Regrets. — 



There are always some things we are sorry did not come to 

 pass after every outing: might be for pleasure or work. Fort 

 most among our regrets w^ere that our President (Mr. A. tf. 

 Campbell, Col. Mem. P>.O.U.). and our past President (Mr. D. 

 Le Souef, C.M.Z.S.), both men of sterling worth and keen ornitho- 

 logists, were not with us on the camp out; and, again, all regretted 

 we had not the time to complete the research which, we had only 

 just begun. I regret very nmch that Dr. A. M. Morgan was unable 

 to accompany us, for we are greatly the losers by such a keen 

 ornithologist being absent. 



— Many Kindnesses to be Thankful For. — 



A trip like we have just taken can be helped along consider- 

 ably, and can even be marred or made a success by the surround- 

 ing outside htlp, aud Ave had many to thank for their assistance. 

 First of all the Adelaide Steamship Company for the generous 

 way in which they met us, and the untiring efforts of their 

 ofiitials to make things go smoothly. The genial, warm-hearted 

 skipper of the Rupara, who did everything he could for us, even 

 to arranging a smooth passage there and back. Then our hearti- 

 est thanks are due to the Premier for the splendid way in which 

 he met us in regard to transport on the railway; also the rail- 

 way officials at Port Lincoln, especially the Resident Engineer 



