Tiii CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



EXPEDITION SENT TO EXPLORE THE COURSE OF 

 THE RIVER DARLING, IN 1835. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Supposed course of the Darling — Mr. Dixon's survey of the Bogan — 

 Expedition postponed — Description of the boat carriage — Number and 

 description of the party — Expedition leaves Paramatta — My departure 

 from Sydney — Western part of Cumberland — County of Cook — The 

 Blue Mountains — Weatherboard Inn — Mounts Hay and Tomah — River 

 Grose — Early attempts to trace it upwards — Intended Tunnel — Pass of 

 Mount Victoria— Advantages of convict labour — Country of Mulgoey — 

 Emu plains — Township — General arrangement of towns and villages^ — 

 The mountain road — Vale of Clywd — Village reserve — Granite formation 

 — Farmer's Creek — River Cox and intended bridge — Mount Walker — 

 Solitary Creek — Honeysuckle Hill — Stony Range — Plains of Bathurst — 

 The town — Inconvenience of want of arrangement in early colonization 

 — Small Farmers — Intended Bridge — Departure from Bathurst — Charley 

 Booth — Road to Buree — Canobolas — Arrival at the camp of the party 147 



CHAPTER II. 



Ascend the Canobolas — Choose the direction of my route — Ascend the hill 

 north of Buree — Encamp on the Mundadgery — Cross a granitic range — 

 King's Creek — Cross Hervey's range — First view of the interior- 

 Parched state of the interior country — The dogs kill a kangaroo — Steep 

 descent to the westward — Search for water by moonlight — Encamp with- 

 out any— Follow a valley downwards and find water — Lifeless appear- 

 ance of the vallies — Luxury of possessing water after long privation — 

 Ascend Mount Juson with Mr. Cunningham — Enter tlie valley of the 

 Goobang — Meet the natives — Social encampment — Mount Laidlcy — 

 Springs on the surface of the plains under Crokcr's range — Cross Goo- 

 bang Creek — The dogs kill three large kangaroos — ^^■ild honey brought 

 by the natives- -Arrive at " Tandogo" — Allan's water of Oxlcy — Advan- 

 tage of aboriginal names on maps — Excursion with Mr. Cunningham — 

 Effects of a hurricane in the forest — f^ncamp without water — Natives 

 leave the party — Cattle distressed for want of water — Mr. Cunningham 

 missing — Desperate search for water — At length find water on reaching 

 by night the river Bogan— Encamp on this river . . 164 



