(Cheers.) Mr.Forrest had just told them that he did not think it necessary to enter into the details of that journey, inasmuch as the most important particulars connected therewith had already appeared in his telegraphic despatch to the Government, published in the local newspapers.

That telegram was certainly one of the most explicit and distinct records of the kind that his lordship had ever perused.

He had paid but a moderate degree of attention to it, but had experienced no difficulty whatever in pricking out Mr.Forrest's track on a map, and in forming a distinct conception of his journey.

(Cheers.) It only remained for his lordship to ask them to join him in drinking the sentiment of Australian Exploration, and at the same time to drink the health of Mr.Alexander Forrest, whose name was coupled with it.

(Cheers.) The toast was enthusiastically honoured, the band playing The Song of Australia.
Mr.A.Forrest, on rising, was received with applause.