I say these things because I do not want any one to suppose I followed up the tracks of the lost man with the intention of rendering him any assistance.

For nearly two days Yamba and I followed the tracks, which went in curious circles always trending to the left.

At length we began to come upon various articles that had apparently been thrown away by the straggler.

First of all, we found part of a letter that was addressed to some one (I think) in Adelaide; but of this I would not be absolutely certain.

What I do remember was that the envelope bore the postmark of Ti Tree Gully, S.A.
The writer of that letter was evidently a woman, who, so far as I can remember, wrote congratulating her correspondent upon the fact that he was joining an expedition which was about to traverse the entire continent.