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CONCLUDING REMARKS. 
point visited by me, was bounded by a steep, con- 
tinuous, sandy ridge, exactly like a sea-shore ridge ; 
those parts of its course to the north, and to the east 
of Flinders range, which I did not go down to, were 
seen and laid down from various heights in that 
mountain chain. Altogether, the outline of this ex- 
traordinary feature, as thus observed and traced, could 
not have extended over a circuit of less than 400 miles. 
It is singular enough that all the springs found 
near the termination of Flinders range should have 
been salt, and that these were very nearly in the same 
latitude in which Captain Sturt had found brine 
springs in the bed of the Darling in 1829, although 
our two positions were so far separated in longitude. 
My furthest position to the north-west was also in 
about the same latitude, as the most inland point 
gained by any previous exploring party, viz. that of 
Sir Thomas Mitchell’s in 1832, about the parallel of 
149° E. longitude ; but by my being about 600 miles 
more to the westward, I was consequently much 
nearer to the centre of New Holland. It is, to say the 
least, remarkable that from both our positions, so far 
apart as they are, the country should present the same 
low and sterile aspect to the west and north-west. 
Since my return from the expedition, a party has been 
sent out under Captain Frome, the Surveyor-General, 
in South Australia, to examine the south-east extre- 
mity of Lake Torrens ; the following is the report 
made by that officer upon his return. 
