CONTENTS OF VOL. I. xi 



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 group — View from the summit — Barter with natives beyond the Darling 

 — The Red tribe again — New species of caper eaten by the natives — 

 Importunity of the Red tribe — Cross tlie Darling — View from the summit 

 of Mount Macpherson — Rain again threatens — Absence of kangaroos 

 and emus on the Darling — The Occa tribe again — Hints to Australian 

 sportsmen — Meet the Fort Bourke tribe — Mr. Hume's tree — Return to 

 Fort Bourke — Description of that position— Saltness of the Darling — 

 The plains — The rivers supported by springs — Traces of floods — Extent 

 of the basin of this river — Its breadth — Surface of the plains — Geology 

 of the Darling — Woods — Gum acacia abundant — Grasses — General cha- 

 racter of the natives — Their means of existence — Nets used by them — 

 Superstitions — Condition of the females — Singular habits of a r.at — 

 Security of a species of ants — Birds — Fishes — Apprehended scarcity of 

 water on leaving the Darling — Six of the cattle dead from exhaustion — 

 Rest of two days at Fort Bourke — Visited by the Fort Bourke tribe . 276 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The party leaves the Darling — Natives approach the camp during the 

 night — Scared by a rocket — Discovery of a Caper-tree — The kangaroos 

 and emus driven away by the natives — Difference between the plains of 

 the Darling and Bogan — Extreme illness of one of the party — New 

 Year's range — A thunder-storm — Three natives remind us of the man 

 wounded — Another man of the party taken ill — Acacia pendula — Beauty 

 of the scenery — Mr. Larmer traces Duck Creek up to the Macquarie — 

 A hot wind — " Talambe " of the Bogan Tribe — Tombs of Milmeridien — 

 Another bullock fails — Natives troublesome — Successful chase of four 

 kangaroos — Natives of the Bogan come up — Water scarce — Two red- 

 painted natives — Uncertainty of Mr. Cunningham's fate — Mr. Larmer 

 overtakes the party — Result of his survey — Send off a courier to Sydney 

 — Marks of Mr. Dixon— Tandogo Creek and magnificent pine forest — 

 Hervey's range in sight — Improved appearance of the country — Meet 

 the natives who first accompanied us — Arrive at a cattle station — Learn 

 that Mr. Cunningham had been killed by natives — Cookopie ponds — 

 Goobang Creek — Character of the river Bogan — Native inhabitants on 

 its banks — Their mode of fishing — Manners and customs — Prepare to 

 quit the party — The boats — Plan of encampment — Mount Juson — Leave 

 the party and mark a new line of ascent to Hervey's range — Get upon a 

 road — Arrive at Buree . . . . .312 



Barometrical Journal kept during the Journey iuto the interior of New 



South Wales in winter 1835 . . ... 343 



Range of the Thermometer and Journal of the \Voathcr . . 345 



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