CHAPTER II. 



EXPLORATION OF THE VICTORIA FIRST APPEARANCE OF 



SEA RANGE — CURIOSITY PEAK — APPEARANCE OF COUNTRY 

 FROM — WHIRLWIND PLAINS — ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALLI- 

 GATOR — HIS CAPTURE AND DESCRIPTION — CROSS WHIRL- 

 WIND PLAINS — WHITE AND BLACK DUCKS — KANGAROOS 



ENTER HILLY COUNTRY — MEET THE BOATS THUNDER- 

 STORM — CARRY BOATS OVER SHOALS NEW BIRDS — REACH 



HOPELESS PROGRESS OF BOATS ARRESTED — RECONNOITRE 



THE RIVER — PROSPECT FROM VIEW HILL — PREPARATION 

 FOR PEDESTRIAN EXCURSION — LEAVE REACH HOPELESS 

 TO EXPLORE THE UPPER PART OF THE RIVER — NATIVE 



VILLAGE SQUALL MUSCLE BEND MEET NATIVES 



SUCCESSFUL FISHING — PARTY DISTRESSED — THIRSTY FLAT 



TORTOISE REACH SINGULAR APPEARANCE OF THE 



RANGES — EFFECT OF THE GREAT HEAT ONE MAN 



KNOCKED UP — APPROACH OF NATIVES — PREPARATION 



FOR DEFENCE — APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES MOVE 



FURTHER UP THE RIVER EMU PLAINS — SELECT POSITION 



FOR NIGHT-aUARTERS — UPWARD COURSE OF THE VIC- 

 TORIA — COMMENCE RETURN — KANGAROO SHOT — WICKHAM 



HEIGHTS— NEW TORTOISE — LUCKY VALLEY RACE WITH 



A NATIVE — MEET HIS TRIBE — THEY MAKE OFF — HARD 

 day's WORK — quarters FOR THE NIGHT — RETURN TO 

 REACH HOPELESS. 



The expedition, consisting of the two large boats 

 and gig, with Captain Wickhara, who was to shew 

 them the watering place, left the ship early on the 

 morning of the 31st of October. I was to follow 

 in one of the whale boats, and explore the upper 



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