I found he interspersed his remarks frequently with the words Larapinta, white fellow, and yarraman (horses).

He told me two white men, Carmichael and Robinson, and ten horses, had gone down, and that white fellows, with horses and camel drays (Gosse's expedition), had just gone up the line.

While we were talking, two smaller boys came up and were patted, and patted me in return.
The water on the surface here was bitter, and I had not been able to find any good, but these little imps of iniquity took my tin billy, scratched a hole in the sand, and immediately procured delicious water; so I got them to help to water the horses.

I asked the elder boy, whom I christened Tommy, if he would come along with me and the yarramans; of these they seemed very fond, as they began kissing while helping to water them.

Tommy then found a word or two of English, and said, "You master ?" The natives always like to know who they are dealing with, whether a person is a master or a servant.