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On each trip, of course, birds were collected and notes taken, 

 whatever the business might be. On one trip he discovered 

 the long lost Jacob Remessens River of the early Dutch 

 explorers, which was mentioned by Pelsart, who was wrecked 

 on the Abrolhos Islands in 1629. We do not yet know who 

 Jacob Remessens was. This river is called by the natives 

 the Yardie, so it will appear on the later maps as the Yardie 

 Creek. 



After selling out at Point Cloates, Carter stayed for some 

 time in South-west Australia, then travelled east and met the 

 eastern ornithologists with whom he had corresponded. He 

 then sailed for England via Japan (where he fell ill with malaria 

 and stayed some six weeks) and America, and arrived at Masham 

 on May 16, 1903, after an absence of seventeen years. Four 

 months later he was married to the lady of his early choice, 

 Miss Annie Ward, who had corresponded with him all the time. 

 He had met his future wife while she was 'visiting an aunt of 

 his and had determined to marry her, but " Point Cloates was 

 not the place to take an English girl. " However, Carter's health 

 necessitated his leaving England again, so the couple sailed 

 and reached Western Australia before Christmas, 1903. For 

 twelve months they stayed in Perth, and later had almost 

 decided to go to British Columbia when he heard of a place 

 at Broome Hill in the south-west, one hundred miles north of 

 Albany. He settled there in April, 1905, but his health did not 

 improve very much, so in December, 1908, he removed to 

 Albany engaging a manager for the station. With his wife 

 and family he sailed for the East on January 23, 1909, staying 

 a few days at each of the following places : Adelaide, Melbourne, 

 Launceston, Hobart and Sydney, and then back to England, 

 arriving May 16, 1909. He consulted a specialist who told 

 him that he was completely worn down by his strenuous life, 

 but not worn out, and advised him to take care for the future. 



At this date he met the writer, with whom he had previously 

 corresponded and to whom he had sent his field notes. 



As the winter approached, Carter again left for Western 

 Australia, arriving with his wife and familyon December 28, 1 909. 

 After staying at Albany three months they returned to Broome 



