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Explorations in Australia

CHAPTER 2
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Reached the camp at 2 p.m.On our way shot three rock kangaroos.
25th (Sunday).
Rested at camp near Mount Singleton, which I found to be in south latitude 29 degrees 24 minutes 33 seconds by meridian altitude of sun, and longitude about 117 degrees 20 minutes east.
26th.
Some delay having occurred in collecting the horses, did not start till 9 a.m., when we steered a little to the north of west towards Damparwar.
For the first seven miles over rough trap hills lightly grassed, when we entered samphire and saltbush flats for four miles.

Crossing a large marsh at a point where it was only 100 yards wide, and continuing through thickets, we camped at a spot with very little feed and no water, in south latitude 29 degrees 21 minutes 48 seconds.

From this spot Mount Singleton bore North 113 degrees 20 minutes East magnetic, distant about twenty miles.

Here we met two natives, whom we had seen on our outward track at the Warne Corroboree.

They were of course friendly, and slept at our camp; they had a great many dulgates and opossums, which they carried in a net bag, made out of the inner bark of the ordnance-tree, which makes a splendid strong cord.


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