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characterised, has once more sacrificed the pleasure 
and quiet of domestic happiness, at the shrine of en- 
terprise and science. With the ardour of youth, and 
the perseverance and judgment of riper years, he is 
even now traversing the trackless wilds, and seeking 
to lift up that veil which has hitherto hung over their 
recesses. May he be successful to the utmost of 
his wishes, and may he again rejoin in health and 
safety his many friends, to forget in their appro- 
bation and admiration the toils he has encountered, 
and to enjoy the rewards and laurels which will 
have been so hardly earned, and so well deserved. 
It was in August, 1844, that Captain Sturt set 
out upon his arduous undertaking, with a numerous 
and well equipped party, and having provisions cal- 
culated to last them for eighteen months. I had the 
pleasure of accompanying the expedition as far as 
the Rufus (about 240 miles from Adelaide), to render 
what assistance I could, in passing up, on friendly 
terms among the more distant natives of the Murray. 
Since my return, Captain Sturt has been twice com- 
municated with, and twice heard from, up to the 
time I left the Colony, on the 21st December, 
1844. The last official communication addressed 
to the Colonial Government will be found in 
Chapter IX. of Notes on the Aborigines. The fol- 
lowing is a copy of a private letter to John Mor- 
phett, Esq. M.C., and published in the Adelaide 
Observer of the 9th November, 1844 : — 
VOL. II. 
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