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endeavoured to give you such information on the nature of the 
country as I thought most interesting; though I am not able to 
add those ornaments of your language with which a more expe¬ 
rienced English scholar would have endeavoured to embellish the 
all-engrossing subject of discovery. 
I rely on your generosity, of which 1 have so abundantly felt 
the effects already, to pardon all my defects of idiom and expres¬ 
sion ; and I now, earnestly desiring that my labours and those of 
my companions may not be found altogether useless to the colo¬ 
nists at large, or a mere subject of momentary curiosity, respect¬ 
fully and gratefully bid you farewell! 
When the “ Prince of Explorers” reached head quarters in 
April last, in high spirits, after discovering a country surpassing 
in richness any that he had previously seen in Australia, the 
attention of almost every individual in New South Wales and the 
neighbouring colonies was so completely absorbed with the won¬ 
derful route performed by the gallant leader, as almost to banish 
from their memories the public expedition and the progress it is 
making, or the prospects held out to them by its further discoveries. 
To the credit of the benevolent character of New South Wales, 
a public subscription was immediately set on foot; and this was 
not closed until £2,520 18s. 6d. were raised,—£1,520 18s. 6d. 
by the generous Australians, and £1000 by a liberal government. 
The learned Explorer will take with him in his second expedition 
a quantity of goats, which are to have bells suspended to their 
necks, and which will not only carry small burthens, but afford a 
supply of milk at times, perhaps, when water could not be pro¬ 
cured. Mules, trained for the purpose, will also form part of the 
expedition.* 
* Dr. Lelchardt has since started upon his second expedition to cross the Continent of 
New Holland from east to west,—with the warmest wishes of the Australian community.— Ed. 
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