Before reaching Adelaide we were met by carriages containing the Mayors of Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Kensington, and Norwood, the town clerks, and members of the different corporations.

A very interesting and characteristic compliment was paid to us by the presence of members of various exploring expeditions, who, from their own experience, could best estimate the value of the results we had achieved, and the difficulties we had encountered.

Following the official personages, on horseback, was Mr.John Chambers, who, with his brother, the late Mr.James Chambers, and the late Mr.Finke, sent out in 1860 the parties under the leadership of the intrepid Mr.John McDouall Stuart, to explore the interior lying between South Australia and the northern shores of the continent.

Three members of this party--Messrs.

A.J.
Lawrence, D.Thompson, and John Wall--followed on horseback, carrying standards marked with the dates January, 1862, and July 25, 1862, when Stuart departed from Adelaide, and when he planted his flag on the northern shores.