296 KINDNESS OF THE GOVERNOR. 
received a kind and friendly letter, acquainting me 
that the Hero was entirely at my disposal within the 
limits of South Australia, but that being under 
charter I could not take her to Cape Arid, of 
beyond the boundaries of the province, and request- 
ing, that if I desired further aid, or to be met 
any where, at a future time, that I would commu- 
nicate with the Government to that effect by the 
Hero’s return. The whole tenor of his Excellency’s 
letter evinced a degree of consideration and kind- 
ness that I could hardly have expected amidst the 
many anxious duties and onerous responsibilities 
devolving upon him at this time ; and if any thing 
could have added to the feelings of gratitude and 
respect I entertained towards him, it would be the 
knowledge, that with the disinterested generosity of 
a noble mind, he was giving up a portion of his 
valuable time and attention to our plans, our wants, 
and our safety, at a time when the circumstances of 
the colony over which he presided had beset his own 
path with many difficulties, and when every day 
but added to the annoyances and embarrassments 
which a sudden reaction in the progress and pros- 
pects of the province necessarily produced. 
In the instructions I received relative to the 
cutter, I have mentioned that I was restricted to 
employing her within the limits of the colony of 
South Australia, and thus, the plan I had formed of 
sending our drays and heavy stores in her to Cape 
Arid, whilst we proceeded overland ourselves with 
