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was accompanied by HARRY BODE (who was on the look out for 

 cattle country), his own black boy " Eulah " and Mr. Bode's black 

 boy. It may be mentioned that I met Mr. Bode in 1879 when he 

 was residing near Bowen. ALICK JARDINE traced the river for 

 1 80 miles, to north-west and west, and from the fact that it had 

 not joined Leichhardt's Mitchell River, and other circumstances, 

 he satisfied himself that it was NOT THE LYND, and the name 

 " EINASLEIGH " was conferred on it. No adventure marked the 

 outward journey. On the return two parties of NATIVES were met 

 with, but they displayed no hostility. The party RETURNED, on 

 2ist September, TO CARPENTARIA DOWNS, where they remained till 

 the arrival of Frank Jardine, with the cattle, on 6th October. 



The JARDINE BROTHERS kept DIARIES which were afterwards 

 EDITED by FREDERICK J. BYERLEY, Staff Surveyor, Rockhampton, 

 a gentleman whom I afterwards knew, and who was gifted with 

 literary talents which made the task a congenial one. Byerley's 

 amplification of the diaries, under the title of Narrative of the 

 Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine jrom Rockhampton to 

 Cape Fork, Northern Queensland, was published in Brisbane by 

 J. W. Buxton in 1867. 



RICHARDSON also kept a DIARY and charted the route travelled, 

 and a paper by him, entitled An Overland Expedition Jrom Port 

 Denison to Cape York under the Command of F. and A. Jardine, 

 Esqrs., was read before the Royal Geographical Society of London 

 on 27th November, 1865. The paper was accompanied by a MAP 

 on the scale of 40 miles to an inch showing the route followed by 

 the main expedition. As he always accompanied the main caravan, 

 he had no first-hand information to give regarding the numerous 

 and important reconnaissances of the brothers. 



BYERLEY'S publication also includes a MAP (on a 38-mile scale), 

 which is practically Richardson's, with the addition, however, 

 of KENNEDY'S route and with the omission of the Lynd River (of 

 Leichhardt's charting). Regarding KENNEDY'S route, as charted by 

 Byerley, it may be observed that it differs considerably from the 

 route as I have charted it, by the aid of surveys which were non- 

 existent in Byerley's time. 



The EXPEDITION finally LEFT CARPENTARIA DOWNS on nth 

 October. It is only possible to give a short summary of the incidents 

 and observations made by the travellers until they come within the 

 region which is more immediately the subject of this review. (SEE 

 MAP K.) 



Between the nth and 22nd October, the caravan had covered 

 1 20 miles DOWN THE EINASLEIGH VALLEY, the LAST CAMP (No. 13) 

 being near the right bank of the river about 5 miles above the 

 point where the Etheridge River, coming from the south, falls 

 into the Einasleigh. (SEE MAP L.) In this portion of their 

 course, except for the last day and a half, the travellers found 



