CHAPTER LXXVIII 

 THE AUTHOR'S EXPLORATIONS, 1879-80, continued 



WITH CROSBIE'S PROSPECTING PARTY 

 FROM FALSE ORFORD NESS TO SOMERSET 



CAMP 58, I3TH MARCH, 1880. FROM FALSE ORFORD NESS NORTHWARD BY COAST. 

 HORSES FAILING. SANDSTONE SHELVES COVERED WITH BLOWN SAND TO 300 FEET 

 ABOVE SEA. TRAVELLING NATIVES. SCRUBS. CAMP 60. HENDERSON CREEK. 

 OPPOSITE TERN ISLAND. CAMP 61. INLAND, HOPING TO HEAD ESCAPE RIVER. 

 HAD OVERSHOT THE MARK. A REPETITION OF KENNEDY'S DIFFICULTIES WITH THE 

 RIVER. SCENE OF KENNEDY'S DEATH. RIVER RUN UP SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD. 

 BOGS AND MANGROVE SWAMPS. FRESH WATER IN RIVER. CAMP 63, NEAR CAMP 

 61. RAIN. HEATH, SCRUB AND PITCHER-PLANT BOGS. BRIDGES. ESCAPE RIVER 

 HEADED. WATERSHED OF PENINSULA. CAMP 64, 2IST MARCH. EIGHT MILES 

 IN Six DAYS. WESTWARD ON WATERSHED. CAMP 65. TRACKS OF CATTLE 

 FIRST SEEN. RAIN. MORE HORSES FAILING. A DAY'S REST. MOVE WESTWARD. 

 Two HORSES ABANDONED. PITCHER-PLANT BOGS. CROSBIE CLIMBS TREE AND 

 SEES ALBANY ISLAND. ON JACKEY-]ACKEY CREEK (KENNEDY INLET). CAMP 67. 

 HEADING JACKEY-]ACKEY CREEK. PITCHER-PLANT AND PANDANUS BOGS. RAIN. 

 CAMP 68. STOCK-TAKING, 28TH MARCH. THIRTY MILES TO SOMERSET. FLOUR 

 PORTIONED OUT TO SERVE FlVE DAYS. NORTH-WESTWARD. BRIDGE. ACROSS THE 

 WATERSHED. CAMP 69, ON JARDINE WATERS. NORTH-EASTWARD. BOGS AND 

 HEATH. ON THE WATERSHED. CAMP 70. RAIN. UNLOADING HORSES IN A 

 SWAMP AND CARRYING LOADS TO DRY LAND. CAMP Jl. WANDERING AMONG 

 BOGS AND SCRUBS. CAMP 72, 3IST MARCH. Two HUMAN SKELETONS. ZIG- 

 ZAGGING AMONG SWAMPS AND SCRUBS. CAMPS 73 AND 74. FLOUR EXHAUSTED 



2ND APRIL. BORROWING FROM PROSPECTORS. CUTTING EASTWARD THROUGH 

 SCRUB TO BEACH. NORTHWARD 7 MILES ALONG BEACH TO SOMERSET, 3RD 

 APRIL. FRANK JARDINE'S WELCOME. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF CAPE YORK 

 PENINSULA. LIMITS OF POSSIBLE AURIFEROUS COUNTRY. SOMERSET TO THURSDAY 

 ISLAND, 5TH APRIL. REACH TOWNSVILLE, I2TH APRIL, 1880. 



ANNOTATED REPRINT 

 (SEE MAP B.) 



li ^fARCH 13, 1880. Left Camp 58. From FALSE ORFORD 



/m/j NESS to ORFORD NESS low points of sandstone come 



-^ ' *- down at intervals to the sea. The sandstone is covered 



with SAND-HILLS, which extend westward for some 



distance. About 3 miles from Orford Ness two BLACK FELLOWS 



were seen far back on our tracks. 



Near Orford Ness we saw the tracks of two TURTLES. 

 On Orford Ness we found the CAPSTAN OF A SHIP. 



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