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WHALE BOAT EMPLOYED 
sents, in most cases. Tomahawks, knives, pieces of iron, 
and different coloured ribbons for the forehead, were most 
esteemed by them. They will barter and exchange their 
fish for articles, and readily acquire confidence. 
I believe I have now touched on all the more im- 
portant points : on minor ones no observation I can make 
will be of use ; men must, in many things, be guided by 
circumstances. 
1 may here notice that, in my second expedition, as it 
was anticipated that I should require adequate provision 
for water conveyance, at one stage or other of my journey 
down the Morumbidgee, I was furnished with a whale-boat, 
the dimensions of which are given below. She was built by 
Mr. Egan, the master builder of the dock-yard and a native 
of the colony, and did great credit to his judgment. She 
carried two tons and a half of provisions, independently of a 
locker, which I appropriated for the security of the arms, 
occupying the space between the after-seat and the stern. 
She was in the first instance put together loosely, her planks 
and timbers marked, and her ring bolts, &c. fitted. She 
was then taken to pieces, carefully packed up, and thus 
conveyed in plank into the interior, to a distance of four 
hundred and forty miles, without injury. She was admirably 
adapted for the service, and rose as well as could have 
been expected over the seas in the lake. It was evident, 
however, that she would have been much safer if she had 
