'236 MR. eyre's expedition. 



the distance ; whilst, alternating, the same breeze 

 serves to take ships in. The mouth of the port is 

 well marked with black and white buoys ; and a 

 light vessel is moored off the entrance, with pilots 

 in attendance ; a red buoy is on the bar, where at 

 high water there is sometimes 15 feet, but the tides 

 are very irregular, being much higher with 

 south-west winds ; the general rise was about four 

 feet. 



We were very much pleased with the animated 

 description we had of the departure of Mr. Eyre's 

 expedition to the north ; but what gave us parti- 

 cular satisfaction was the evidence afforded of how 

 much the whole colony had the welfare of this en- 

 terprising little band at heart. I had not before 

 seen in Australia any place where the progress of 

 discovery was so liberally forwarded, as the readers 

 will at once learn from Mr. Eyre's book. One 

 cause of this we may discover in the fact that the 

 richness of the country immediately surrounding 

 Adelaide made them eager to ascertain its extent. 

 Indeed until this was known they were necessarily 

 unsettled, as few liked to locate themselves perma- 

 nently until the extent of the field within which they 

 were to make their choice was determined. 



To what extent the colonists of South Australia 

 are indebted to the sacrifice of property, the loss of 

 time, the bodily fatigue, and unceasing exertions of 

 Mr. Eyre, I also leave the reader to gather from his 

 own lucid narrative. The country has now been 



