In Western Australia a good deal of exploration was done before his time, and expeditions had been very common.

They generally cost very little indeed.

The horses were generally given by the settlers, the Government contributed a few hundred pounds, and young settlers volunteered for the service.

The cost was sometimes 400 or 500 pounds; and upon his expedition, up to the time they left the settled districts of Western Australia, they had only spent about 330 pounds.

He did not know that he could say anything more.