Tracks Of Mckinlay And Party Across Australia PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. HOMEWARD BOUND CARPENTARIA TO PORT DENISON. Editor's Remarks--A Camp of Landsborongh--June 5tb, The Flinders (of McKinlay)--6th, The Binoe--13tb, Gregory's Ganges; Mount Wildash; Hawker's Bluff; Morphea's Peak--16th, The Gilbert-the Old Camel served up--20th, Stuart's Creek--22nd, etc., Most difficult Country--25th, etc., Ice during Night--28th, Frank and George Creeks--July 5th, Strike the Burdekin--loth, A Platypus in the Burdekin--27th, Cross the Burdekin on a Baft--30th, Last Camel, Siva, killed for Food--August 2nd, Beach Harvey and Somers' Station, near Port Denison. Unable to reach the sea, although so near to it, or even to get a glimpse of it from the low and swampy ground on which they have arrived, the party turns its back on the northern waters, and joyfully takes the homeward course. This course the leader had already decided should be by way of Port Denison, the remaining stock of provisions being inadequate for an attempt to return by the route by which they had arrived. Reascending the Leichhardt to find a crossing place, they came, on the third day's march, upon the tracks of Landsborough, in his preceding south-easterly route, which, however, they immediately lose by keeping more to the east. Here may arise some confusion. McKinlay comes upon a considerable river, which he crosses and recrosses repeatedly, and which he considers to be the Flinders, and so names accordingly. Landsborough falls in with another, and still larger river, evidently the main stream, which he too calls the Flinders. Between these two branches or supposed branches of the same river system, Walker came upon a third, which he called the Norman, while Burke describes a fourth, the Cloncurry, flowing from the south and west. The Flinders, therefore, embrac...