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rambles had frequent opportunities of trying my 
new purchase, both after emus and kangaroos, but 
he was quite useless for hunting either, and did 
little credit to the honesty of the person who sold 
him to me, and who had asked and received a high 
price, in consideration of the animal being, as he 
assured me, of a better description than ordinary. 
Of the natives of the district I saw nothing what- 
ever ; the death of young Hawson, and the subse- 
quent scouring of the country by police, had driven 
them away from the occupied parts, and forced 
them to the fastnesses of the hills, or to the scrubs ; 
I was, however, enabled by the kindness of Mr. 
Schiirman, a German Missionary, stationed at Port 
Lincoln, to obtain a limited collection of words and 
phrases in the dialect of the district, and which I 
hoped might be of some use to me hereafter. Mr. 
Schiirman has since published a copious vocabulary 
and grammar, of the language in use in this part of 
Australia. 
On the 22nd, upon going into the settlement, I 
found the Government cutter Water witch at anchor 
in the harbour, having Mr. Scott on board, and 
a most abundant supply of stores and provisions, 
liberally sent us by his Excellency the Governor, 
who had also most kindly placed the cutter at my 
disposal, to accompany and co-operate with me along 
the coast to the westward. 
Mr. Scott had managed every thing confided to 
him most admirably ; and I felt very greatly in- 
