(Cheers.) Our South Australian neighbours, in their magnificent reception of Mr.Forrest and his party, had given us a good example of how to appreciate and reward noble deeds, and it must be pleasing to every Western Australian to reflect on the cordiality of that reception.

(Applause.) He thought the colony would be neglecting its duty if it did not, as one man, recognize the extreme kindness which had been shown our gallant explorers by the people and by the Government of our sister colony--South Australia.

(Cheers.) It was a pleasing trait in Mr.Forrest's character that he had not been at all spoilt by the enthusiastic and really splendid ovation he and his party had received at the hands of our southern neighbours; nothing could be more admirable than his unaffected modesty and unassuming deportment in the face of such a reception.

The life of a lion did not spoil their young hero, nor, as the Inquirer had said that morning, did he think it would suit him long; for however tempting it might be to some people to live upon laurels well earned, such men as Mr.Forrest had no difficulty in overcoming the temptation to ease and repose, however deserving and indisputable his claims thereto.

(Cheers.) He believed with the Inquirer that it was Mr.Forrest's natural instinct to lead a hard life in the cause of exploration.