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fame of their nation. Krefft and Manson were all, that held out 

 my cause from eighteen persons, successively engaged by me for 

 the Government service. 



On the 27th December I arrived at Kew's Swamp, between 

 the Murray River and Mount Hope, about 170 miles N. by W. 

 from Melbourne. On the 3rd of March, having re-organised 

 my party, I started towards Lake Boga and the junction of the 

 Murrumbidgee and the Murray Eivers, in a N.W. direction, 

 about 130 miles distant from the former station. I was deceived 

 in my expectations even here, and I therefore left my party, 

 pushing forward alone to the junction of the Darling and 

 Murray Eivers, where they arrived safe, but in a most 

 deplorable condition, on the 8th of April. This being their 

 ultimate destination, they formed a permanent encampment at a 

 place called by the natives Mondelhmin, about 400 miles from 

 Melbourne, and opposite the junction of the Darling and Murray 

 Rivers. 



I myself started alone, for the purpose of examining the banks 

 of the river westwards along the Murray, to the neighbourhood 

 of Moorundee, and rejoined my party at Mondellimin, after 

 having been absent three weeks, and ridden, in that short period, 

 over 600 miles of country, crossing the river several times, which 

 has a width of from 500 to 600 feet. 



From MondeUirnin I started again on a more extended excursion 

 on the 27th of May, in a N.E. direction, up the Darling Eiver 

 towards Mount Murchison, a distance of 300 miles, and returned, 

 after an absence of 24 days, to my encampment, having been 

 obliged to swim the Murray twice, the Darling seven times, and 

 several smaller streams. The distance traversed by me in that 

 period was 700 miles. 



On the 6th of August I left my camp in charge of Krefft and 

 Manson, and proceeded to Melbourne, taking with me the 

 valuable collection of specimens of Natural History, which had 

 been accumulating in my tent during my stay at Mondellimin, 

 to the extent of twenty-eight boxes and parcels, containing in 

 all about 16,000 specimens, registered under 2,000 different 

 numbers. 



I went down the Murray Eiver in the steamer " Albury" to 

 Port Goolwa ; from thence by the steamer " Corio " through the 

 mouth of the Murray Eiver to Adelaide ; from thence to Mel- 

 bourne by the " Havilah ;" and arrived safe here, together with 

 my collection, on the 18th August, having travelled a distance 

 of about 1300 miles. 



II. Having thus given you a brief outline of my proceedings, 



