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 CHAPTER III. 



Search for Mr. Cunningham— No traces to be seen— Supposed to liave 

 met with an accident— Souter and Murray sent back along the track — 

 My search S. S. W. 40 miles— Interview with two natives— Range of 

 porphyry — Mr. Cunningham's track found— Mr. Larmer and a party sent 

 to trace it — Mr. Cunningham's track followed for 70 miles, his horse 

 found dead— His own footsteps traced— Mr. Larmer meets a tribe— The 

 footsteps traced into the channel of the Bogan — Death of the Kangaroo 

 — Reflections— Five natives brought to me with a silk handkerchief in 

 their possession — Their names — The party halt at Cudduldury — Inter- 

 view with the King of the Bogan — Muirhead and Whiting sent to 

 examine the dry channel of the river — Search extended to the plains 

 of the Lachlan — Camp of Natives — Pass the night in a hollow without 

 water — View towards Mount Granard — A second night without water — 

 Awoke by the forest on fire — Interview with three natives — Roots of 

 trees sucked by the natives — Horses reach the camp with great diffi- 

 culty — Part of Mr. Cunningham's coat found . . 180 



CHAPTER IV. 



Continue along the Bogan, guided by the natives — Their caution in ap- 

 proaching the haunts of others — Their accurate knowledge of localities 

 — Introduced to the Bungan tribe — Superiority of the King how dis- 

 played — Dangerous mistake — A true savage — The king of the Bogan 

 takes his leave — Kangaroos numerous — Beauty of the shrubs — Danger- 

 ous consequence of surprising a native — Wounded native led to our 

 camp — His confidence gained by kind treatment — Oxley's Table-land 

 — Mr. Larmer's excursion to it — Narrow escape from the loss of the 

 cattle — The party followed by a clamorous tribe — A parley — Their 

 various complexions — Decorous behaviour— Naked plains — A native 

 visitor — Soft earth of the plains — Ride to the Darling — Tlie water sweet 

 — The party encamps on a favourable position on the river . 201 



CHAPTER V. 



Rain at last — Stockade erected — Named Fort Bourke— Visited by the 

 natives — Mortality among them from small-pox — Results of the journey 

 — Friendly disposition of a native— Boats launched — Presents to natives 

 — They become importunate— We leave the depot and embark in the 

 boats — Slow progress down the river — Return to the depot — Natives in 

 canoes — Excursion with a party on horseback — A perfumed vegetable — 

 Interview with natives — Present them with tomahawks — Unsuccessful 

 search for Mr. Hume's marked tree — Ascend D'Urban's group — Promis- 

 ing viewto the southward — A burnt scrub full of spinous dead boughs — A 

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