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ARRIVAL AT ADELAIDE. 
had excited the envy and curiosity of the whole 
tribe ; dozens applied to me to take them, and I 
really think 1 could have filled the ship had I been 
disposed ; one or two, more persevering than the 
rest, would not be denied, and stuck close to the 
vessel to the last, in the hope that I might relent and 
take them with me before the pilot boat left, but 
upon this occurring, to their great discomforture, 
they were compelled to return disappointed. 
On the afternoon of the 26th of July I arrived in 
Adelaide, after an absence of one year and twenty- 
six days. 
