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influenced both by a sense of duty, and an anxious desire to 
push my investigations to the utmost, in the measures I have 
adopted. 
The chart I have forwarded to the Secretary of State is a 
rough chart of our course, in which I should wish it to be under¬ 
stood, that I have not definitively laid down my positions; an 
operation I shall not be able satisfactorily to do, until my return 
to Adelaide. I forward the present sketch as an approximation 
only to the truth, that the Right Hon. the Secretary of State may 
be aware of the position we occupy, to within a few miles; and 
I am happy to think that into a more favourable position we 
could not have fallen, as the first rains that fall will enable me to 
move up at once between eighty and ninety miles to the north¬ 
west, when I shall have Lake Torrens close upon my lee, and the 
wide expanse of the interior before me. 
When I left Moorundee, I took a black boy, attached to Mr. 
Eyre, on the strength of my party, who has had charge of the 
sheep, and who has taken the utmost care of them; insomuch 
that we have not lost one. As he will return with Mr. Poole, I 
shall feel obliged if His Excellency will sanction such reward to 
him, in the shape of clothing and implements, as he may think 
he deserves. I have also to call His Excellency's attention to the 
two natives who accompanied me up the Darling, Nadbuck and 
Loonda. Both were of infinite service to me ; and it is probable 
they will now escort Mr. Poole down the river, and that I shall 
again have occasion for their services on my return. I have 
therefore to beg that they may be rewarded with a suit of warm 
clothing, and with such implements as they most value, and that 
the amount may be charged against the funds of the expedition; 
and I would beg to refer His Excellency to Mr. Poole, who is 
aware of the wants of the natives, and who would point out what 
would be most useful to them. 
I am happy to state that the men are all in good health, that 
they have been attentive to their duties, and that they are justly 
entitled to my praise. 
To Mr. Stuart I am indebted for the great attention he pays to 
his duties, and for the general assistance he affords me. 
