H.M.S. "PALUMA" AND THE JANET RANGE 697 



one thing, its western portions could not have been charted by 

 trigonometric observations from the sea or from the coast. They 

 may have been guided through the range, for by this time it was 

 well known to gold prospectors, sandalwood getters, and tin-miners. 

 It is equally evident that they had before them as a specific objective 

 the following up of KENNEDY'S steps towards the last disastrous 

 camp near the mouth of the Pascoe. With the help of the 

 " Paluma's " charting, it is possible to follow the expedition in 

 this portion of its course to the scene of the great tragedy, as it 

 has been depicted by Carron, one of the three survivors, and, 

 because of Kennedy's death, the sole historian of his expedition. 

 It is greatly to be regretted that the chart was not accompanied 

 by a narrative. 



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