CHAPTER LVI 



WILLIAM HANN'S EXPEDITION (1872), continued 

 THE RETURN JOURNEY 



PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY TO THE MOUTH OF THE ANNAN 



RIVER, COOKTOWN 



LEAVE STEWART RIVER. CAMP 33. BALCLUTHA CREEK. HORSE POISONED. CAMP 

 34. FINE LAGOONS. CAMP 35. ANNIE RIVER. FRIENDLY NATIVES. SALT- 

 WATER CREEK. CAMP 36. ON KENNEDY'S TRACKS. ANNIE RIVER. CAMP 37. 

 MORE FRIENDLY NATIVES. SUN-OBSERVATIONS FOR LATITUDE. CAMP 38. 

 CONFUSION OF NORMANBY AND KENNEDY RIVERS DUE TO ANASTOMOSIS OF MOUTHS 

 ON COASTAL PLAIN. THE KENNEDY RIVER NAMED IN HONOUR OF KENNEDY, 



BUT NOT SEEN BY HIM. ALLIGATORS. CAMP 39. THE " EASY-GOING CORREC- 

 TION " APPLIED TO DISTANCES. JACK RIVER. CAMP 40. THE UNQUESTIONABLE 

 NORMANBY RIVER. CAMP 41. BOY INDUCED TO VISIT CAMP. EXPEDITION 

 SUSPECTED OF KlDNAPPING, AND CONSEQUENT COLLISION WITH NATIVES. FOSSILS 

 IN BATTLE CAMP RANGE. ITS AGE. UPPER CRETACEOUS OR PERMO-CARBONI- 

 FEROUS ? CAMP 42. LAST OF THE NORMANBY RIVER. CAMP 43. WATERSHED 

 OF PENINSULA CROSSED. Miss ENDEAVOUR RIVER AND DROP INTO OAKY CREEK. 

 CUNNINGHAM'S RANGE. CAMP 44. OAKY CREEK FALLS INTO ANNAN RIVER, 

 WHICH IS MISTAKEN FOR ENDEAVOUR RlVER. ANNAN RlVER. CAMPS 45 AND 46. 

 WALKER BAY AT MOUTH OF ANNAN RIVER. CAMP 47. HANN'S IMPRESSIONS 

 OF WALKER BAY, WHICH HE MISTAKES FOR THE ENDEAVOUR ESTUARY. CANNOT 

 AGREE WITH CAPTAIN CoOK. SUCCESS OF THE PALMER GoLDFIELD. OPENING 

 OF ENDEAVOUR HARBOUR AND FOUNDATION OF COOKTOWN. 



(SEE MAP C.) 



HAVING attained his object in reaching the I4th parallel 

 of south latitude, Hann turned southward on 6th 

 September, 1872, following at first the south-western 

 shore of PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY as closely as the 

 mangroves and swamps permitted. 



CAMP 33 is shown by the sketch-map to be about two-thirds of 

 the distance (6 miles) separating the STEWART RIVER from BALCLUTHA 

 CREEK, i.e., 4 miles south of the mouth of the Stewart. (SEE MAP 

 E.) The Diary makes it 1 1 miles. 



On jth September, a creek " with abundance of water " was 

 crossed within a short distance of Camp 33. This creek is named 

 the BALCLUTHA in the sketch-map. A HORSE was left behind here. 

 The animal appeared to have been POISONED and a drink of water 

 at the creek finished him. CAMP 34 was on " a creek with a little 



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