CHAPTER LXXVI 

 THE AUTHOR'S EXPLORATIONS, 1879-80, continued 



SECOND EXPEDITION, continued 

 WITH CROSBIE'S PROSPECTING PARTY 



FROM THE HEAD OF THE JARDLNE RIVER, BY THE 

 PACIFIC COAST, TO FALSE ORFORD NESS 



AT CAMP 54, 5 MARCH, 1880. RAIN. NATIVES ON OUR TRACK. THE LOST MARE, 

 " OLIVE," RECOVERED. Two HORSES UNABLE TO TRAVEL. POISONED ? LEAVE 

 CAMP 54. RAIN. ASCENT OF RICHARDSON RANGE. CAMP 55. JETTISON OF 

 SUPERFLUITIES. THE SICK HORSES ABANDONED. SOUTH-EASTWARD. BOGS AND 

 SCRUBS. GRASSY COUNTRY. CAMP 56. NATIVES. 9 MARCH, VISITED BY 

 NATIVES, WHO OFFER TO TRADE. ONE, " CAPTAIN BILLY," AN EX-BECHE DE MER 

 HAND, SPEAKS ENGLISH. THEY LEAD PARTY TO HANNIBAL BAY, AND LEAVE. 

 NORTHWARD BY SANDSTONE CLIFFS. RISK POINT. TREACHERY. CONCEALED 

 NATIVES, WITH SPEARS. NATIVES FOLLOWING PARTY, WITH SPEARS. LARGE 

 CANOE MAKING FOR BEACH. BILLY AGAIN. NORTHWARD BY BEACH. ARMED 

 NATIVES BEHIND. TURN AND WARN THEM OFF. HUNTER POINT. BOGGY MOUTH 

 OF CAMISADE CREEK. REAPPROACH AND UNDISGUISED HOSTILITY OF NATIVES. 

 FIRE ON THEM. THEY LEAVE. CAMP 57. UNHAPPY CHOICE OF CAMP ON 

 STRATEGIC GROUNDS. WATCH SET. NIGHT ATTACK (CAMISADE). TENTS RAKED 

 WITH SPEARS. JACK WOUNDED. ROUGH SURGERY. CHARLIE BOLTS AND is MISTAKEN 



BY LOVE FOR AN ENEMY AND FIRED AT. FORTUNATELY A MlSS. ATTACKERS 

 WITHDRAW INTO SCRUB. PURSUIT IMPRACTICABLE. BONFIRE OF SPEARS. R- 



MARKABLE PENETRATION OF SPEARS PROPELLED BY WlMMERAS. LEAVE CAMP 57. 

 NORTHWARD ALONG BEACH. REJOIN PROSPECTING PARTY AT FALSE ORFORD NESS. 

 CAMP 58, IOTH MARCH. RAISED BEACH AND SAND-DUNES. PROSPECTORS REPORT 

 HARD JOURNEY. STARVED AND POISONED HORSES. Two DYING. HEAVY RAINS. 

 SCRUB-CUTTING. BRIDGE-BUILDING. RESTING, IITH AND IZTH MARCH, 1880. 



ANNOTATED REPRINT 

 (SEE MAP B.) 



71 /f ARCH $th, 1880. While mustering the horses in the 



/l/y morning, Charlie detected the footprints of four or 



five NATIVES, who had followed our northward track 



from Camp 51. This circumstance was notable, as 



we had never been followed since the 1 2th of January. Our new 



followers were probably from the sand-hills near Camp 5> an( ^ 



unacquainted with the transactions of the Peach and the long shot 



in the Nisbet Valley. 



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