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As persons may be starting prospecting who have never been in the bush 
before, a list of clothes and rations required may be useful: — 
One hat (soft felt, broad brimmed). 
One strong pair of boots (shod). 
Two pairs moleskin trousers. 
Two cotton shirts. 
Two flannel undershirts. 
Three pairs of socks. 
Three handkerchiefs (red cotton, large). 
One towel. 
One Week’s Rations. 
lOlbs. meat. 
lOlbs. flour. 
21bs. sugar, 
fib. tea. 
Soap, salt, soda and acid, or baking powder. 
Means op Getting to Places. 
- ^ dywri-Southern Cross and Coolgardie . — Train from Fremantle or Albany 
vm Northam to Southern Cross, and by coach from the latter to Coolgardie, a 
distance of 110 miles further. There are some hotels on the road, but full 
information can be obtained at the Cross. 
Traps and horses can also be purchased or hired, but as horse feed and water 
are very dear on the field, it is much more expensive than by train and coach, 
learns charge <41 per head to carry a swag of Icwt., and they take between a week 
and ten days to do the journey. 
.. Murchison. A.S.S. line to Geraldton, and either walk, ride, or drive 300 
miles; a coach runs once a fortnight, but about 80 miles of railway to Mullewa 
will soon x‘ completed. Provisions can be obtained all up the road from stations, 
and watei at easy stages; good turn-out for horses. 
qao A8hbu r ton.~A>.&.& line to Onslow, then up the Ashburton between 200 and 
300 miles; no conveyance, so must walk or buy horses; water at easy stages, and 
stores may be obtained at stations; good turn-out for horses. J g 
Pi75a?Ta.-—This includes Nullagine, Coongan, Marble Bar, &e. A.S.S. line to 
C A S ^ C M«rhl?'R 0 R ° el ?? linie ’ at tbis P° infc Worses or traps may be purchased, or 
200 miL * Th^rn^l 1 - COa ^ ; the ^ullagine is about 300, and Coongan about 
<m the field; good 10 ^ 
A q Ws Z ™'lTJ he f field ' S ab0Ut 250 n,ilus from Wyndham. at which port the 
to ohHh, r? V?° nth - There is no conveyance, and as horses are 
difficult t obtain it is best either to make arrangements 'to go out with the mail 
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Gremhush^ Tinfidd — Train or steam boat to Banbury. Prom Bunbury to 
the tinfield, a distance of between 60 and 70 miles, bv railway and coach. 
Dun das Hills v 1 ' ’ ~ 
by road North- 
aie bad and water ana teed are scarce, except m tne spring Lime, me • urac< 
Barling, schooner, leaves Albany for Esperance Bay on the 2nd of each month. 
Rivc/^ 0r ^ 6 ^ en( l an d Robinson Ranges are at the head of the Murchison 
