If he could only make himself believe that he was worthy of being placed in the rank of the men whom he had mentioned, he certainly would feel very proud indeed.
It had always given him the greatest pleasure to read the accounts of the travels of these great men.

He remembered being closely connected with Captain Flinders's researches upon the south coast of Australia, and, after his journey from Perth to Eucla, Mr.Eyre, the late Governor of Jamaica, wrote to him that he risked his life upon the accuracy of Captain Flinders's observations, and in no case had he the least cause to regret it.

Exploration in other parts of the world, as in Africa, was carried on in a very different style to the exploration in Australia.
Even in the early times, exploration here was carried on in a very different way to what it was at the present time.

Large equipages, many waggons, and that sort of thing were used in the time of Captain Sturt and other early explorers, until Mr.Eyre took a light equipment, with very few horses and very few men.

Since then the work had had to be done with very light turn-outs.