themselves to England, and the misfortune of liaving in it every thing that 

 man can devise. They should follow this gallant soldier, man of science, and 

 man of accomi)lishment, across the fiery sands of the Australian wilderness, 

 and record their experience for the benefit of all the discontented." — Black- 

 nood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCLXXVll. Nov. 1838. 



" The plans and drawings with which these volumes abound have been faith- 

 fully lithographed after drawings by Major Mitchell, who remains in England 

 to complete those plans of the Fields of Rattle in the Peninsula, which he 

 had commenced under the discriminating auspices of Sir George Murray, then 

 Quarter-Master General, who, with an undiminished desire to benefit the ser- 

 vice and the public by their completion, avails himself of Major Mitchell's 

 presence in England for the accomplishment of that object. 



"Amongst his illustrations. Major Mitchell has given the first specimen 

 of a plan of ground worked from the model by the auaglyptograph, a recent 

 invention by Mr. Bates, skilfully carried into execution by Mr. Freebairn. 

 Major Mitchell, we have reason to know, has been for some time occupied 

 on a Map of the Pyrenees, upon this new principle which is expected to 

 produce a superior effect in plan drawing." — United Service Journal, No. 

 ex VI II. Sept. 1838. 



"A new country has thus been added to the map of Australia, and a 

 survey of five hundred miles, in its extreme breadth, has been eflected of the 

 regions in the immediate neighbourhood of New South Wales. Major 

 Mitchell's journals were written from day to daj% under circumstances by no 

 means favourable to the task of composition : they are, therefore, somewhat 

 careless in style, and occasionally obscure, but pregnant with interesting facts 

 that possess the striking advantage of being altogether new. Such narratives 

 would be in some measure spoiled by a scrupulous taste ; the business of the 

 expedition was discovery, and the more simply and truthfully discoveries are 

 set forth the better. The paramount quality desired in such publications is 

 accuracy in the details ; and unquestionably, if we take into consideration the 

 difficulties attending such an enterprise, the accuracy and minuteness of 

 Major Mitchell's details cannot fail to surprise and gratify the. public. He 

 not only found time— as well as constancy of resolution — to keep liis notes 

 with regularity, but to perform the practical and laborious duties of a difficult 

 survey, and to make drawings of some of the scenes through which he 

 passed, animated occasionally by groups of their savage denizens. These 

 little sketches greatly enhance tiie utility as well as the pleasurable impres- 

 sions of his work." — Monthly Chronicle, OcXoher 1838. 



" Altogether the work, containing the results and descriptions of the 'Three 

 Expeditions,' is one of uncommon importance aiul value, while it is full of ex- 

 traordinary interest, taking scenery, incidents, and man into account, — the 

 convict character being among the author's most striking developments. 

 Plates and plans clearly illustrate many passages." — Montlihj lievicw, No. il. 

 October. Vol. III. \hoH. 



"We never read a work with more delight than the two volumes before us; 

 they contain a mass of the most pleasing information, of the greatest interest 

 to all parlies. The illustrations, which amount to ninetif, are exquisitely 

 beautiful, and we do not hesitate in puijlicly stating fluit Major Mitchell must 

 stand alone in the exploring world." — Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, Nov. 



*' Major Mitchell, whose services in the Peninsular war are sufficiently 

 known to the public, from his high talent and perstvcring character, was 

 deemed peculiarly fitted for the laborious and dangerous duties imposed upon 

 him ; and those who read the result of his labours, and the miraculous escapes, 

 " by flood and field," lu; has successfully combated, in an unexplored country, 

 amidst savage tribi-s, will readily admit that the confidence reposed in him has 

 been fully justified. There is throughout his work no attcmi)t at ellVct or 

 exaggeration ; every line carries with it fhe conviction of truth ; ami, from the 

 plain and unvarnished n)anncr in wliicli he drscribes his discoveries and 

 adventures, the reader may almost suppose himself a participator in his perils. 



