JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY
INTO
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA,
AND
OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND,
In the Years 1840-1;
Sent by the Colonists of South Australia,
WITH THE SANCTION AND SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT:
INCLUDING
An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines, and the state
of their relations with Europeans.
BY EDWARD JOHN EYRE,
RESIDENT MAGISTRATE, MURRAY RIVER, NOW LIEUT.-GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.
*** The Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society was awarded to Mr. Eyre for the discovery of Lake Torrens, and explorations of far greater extent in Australia than any other traveller, a large portion never having been previously traversed by civilized man.
"His narrative of what he did and overcame, is more like the stirring stories of Park and Bruce than the tame and bookish diffuseness of modern travellers. Nothing short of a perusal of the volumes can enable our readers to appreciate this book."—Spectator.
"We might easily extract much more from Mr. Eyre's volumes of interest to the reader, but our limits circumscribe us. We therefore bid farewell to them, with the recommendation to the public, not to overlook a work which, though it records the failure of a great enterprize, is yet full of matter, which proclaims it of value."—Atlas.
"Mr. Eyre writes with the plain unaffected earnestness of the best of the old travellers."—Examiner.
"An intensely interesting book."—Tablet.
"We must now close these interesting volumes, not, however, without expressing our high approval both of the matter they contain, and of the manner of their compilation. We rise from the perusal of them with a feeling similar to that which follows the enjoyment of a pleasant work of fiction."—Critic.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND ITS MINES,
With an Historical Sketch of the Colony, under its several Administrations,
to the Period of Captain Grey's Departure.
By FRANCIS DUTTON.
"The best work which has yet issued from the press, descriptive of the resources and management of this thriving colony."—Mining Journal.
"We have here a well-timed book. South Australia and Its Mines are now objects of great interest; and Mr. Dutton's plain, unadorned recital, contains just what the intending emigrant, or the mercantile inquirer, will rejoice at having placed within his reach."—Colonial Gazette.
COLONIZATION;
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA,
With some Remarks on Small Farms and Over Population.
By MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, K.C.B.
Author of "The Colonies; particularly the Ionian Islands"
In 1 vol. 8vo. price 7s. boards.
"We earnestly recommend the book to all who feel an interest in the welfare of the people."—Sun.
HINTS FOR AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANTS,
WITH
ENGRAVINGS AND EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE WATER RAISING WHEELS,
AND MODES OF IRRIGATING LAND IN SYRIA, EGYPT, SOUTH AMERICA, ETC.
BY PETER CUNNINGHAM,
SURGEON, R.N.
Author of "Two Years in New South Wales," &c.
"The mere name of Mr. Cunningham affords an ample guarantee for the value of any work to which it may be prefixed; and, "to all whom it may concern," we can confidently recommend this remarkably neat little volume as replete with practical information. Its numerous illustrative engravings in wood are executed in a very superior style."—Naval and Military Gazette, October 23rd, 1841.
AUSTRALIA,
FROM PORT MACQUARIE TO MORETON BAY,
WITH
Descriptions of the Natives, their Manners and Customs, the Geology,
Natural Productions, Fertility, and Resources of that Region.
First explored and surveyed by order of the Colonial Government.
BY CLEMENT HODGKINSON.
"The work before our consideration contains certain details connected with the portion of Australia, described in it, which will prove of first-rate importance to the colonist and emigrant, since they are evidently derived from practical experience. Throughout this unpretending little work we trace great honesty of purpose, and a disposition to state no more than the bare facts as they presented themselves."—New Quarterly Review.
AN HISTORICAL,
POLITICAL, AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT
OF THE
ISLAND OF CEYLON.
By CHARLES PRIDHAM, Esq.
AUTHOR OF
"THE MAURITIUS AND ITS DEPENDENCIES."
"——All these events will be found fully set forth in the volumes under notice, which are certainly far superior as a history of Ceylon to any other that has yet appeared. The reader will also find in these pages curious and original information respecting the habits, manners and customs of the Cingalese, which he may look for in vain in similar publications. Every portion of this valuable work teems with information of a precise and important character."—Observer.
"Those who seek information on the subject of Ceylon, will find his book a great storehouse of facts."—Economist.
A SERIES OF TEN COLOURED VIEWS,
TAKEN DURING THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS
ENTERPRISE and INVESTIGATOR,
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
Captn. SIR JAMES C. ROSS, Kt. F. R. S.,
IN SEARCH OF
Captn. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, Kt. K.C.H.,
Drawn by Lieut. W. H. BROWNE, R.N.
LATE OF H. M. S. ENTERPRISE,
With a Summary of the Arctic Expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin.
Dedicated, by Special Permission,
TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
| Price, in a Cover | 16s. |
| Handsomely bound | 21s. |
LONDON.
ACKERMANN & CO., 96, STRAND,
By Appointment to H. M. the Queen, H. R. H. Prince Albert,
H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, and the Royal Family.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
——The extreme interest evinced by the public would be likely to secure a welcome for these views if their execution had been less felicitous than it is. The Party arriving at the Southern Depôt is fearfully grand.——
——Such are these ten extraordinary views; revealing scenes which are enough to appal the stoutest hearts. We seem to ask of these mountains of thick-ribbed ice "are our countrymen hidden from us by your fantastic forms?" &c.——
——We do not remember ever being so powerfully impressed with the sublimity of portfolio drawings as with some of these views of the icy Polar Regions of the trackless North.——
——We do not speak of it as a work of art merely, but of the evident truth of delineation, of local colouring, and atmospheric effects.——
——This is a work which will no doubt meet with general patronage—giving a vivid idea of the frozen regions.——
——Ten of the most interesting views which scenery can furnish.——
——Perhaps the most attractive, as well as most effective, is Noon in Mid-Winter, and conveys the most solemn notions of the Polar Regions. This portfolio is the novelty of the season.——
DISCOVERIES OF THE
HONBLE. HUDSON'S BAY COS. ARCTIC EXPEDITION
to the NORTH of REPULSE BAY;
Conducted by JOHN RAE ESQR. 1846 & 1847;
Shewing in connection, the Discoveries made by
PARRY, ROSS, BACK,
& the Honble. Company's Expedition Conducted by
DEASE & SIMPSON 1838-1839.
Adjusted & Drawn by
John Arrowsmith
London, Pubd. Jany. 1st. 1848, by John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square.
| Discoveries of The Honble. Hudson's Bay Cos. Expeditions are Cold. | Red |
| Do. of Sir Edward Parry | Purple |
| Do. of Sir John Ross | Yellow |
| Do. of Sir George Back | Green |
Transcriber's Note
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
Click on the maps to see high-resolution images.
Hyphen removed: a[-]head (p. 25), along[-]shore (p. 11), lime[-]stone (pp. 107, 127), North[-]pole river (Chapter V contents).
Hyphen added: snow[-]drift (pp. 160, 166).
The following words appear with and without hyphens with similar frequency and have not been changed: Chief[-]Factor, day[-]light, foot[-]marks, in[-]doors, rein[-]deer.
Native names have not been changed and appear with inconsistent hyphenation.
Chapter V contents: "North-pole" changed to "North Pole".
Pp. vi, 61: "chace" changed to "chase" (Produce of the chase).
P. viii: "CHAP. VIII" changed to "CHAPTER VIII".
P. 11: "Canada mithatch" changed to "Canada nuthatch".
P. 17: "excursons" changed to "excursions" (by making excursions).
P. 30: "direcrection" changed to "direction" (east and west direction).
P. 66: "Ivitchuck" changed to "Ivitchuk".
P. 68: "lide" changed to "line" (line of declination).
P. 113: added "to" (next to my skin).
P. 136: "threugh" changed to "through" (the late journey safety through).
P. 163: "dissappeared" changed to "disappeared" (in many places, entirely disappeared).
P. 201: "fluffly" changed to "fluffy" (much shorter and less fluffy).
P. 202: "Seiurius" changed to "Seiurus".
P. 209: "p." inserted before "200" in item 56.
Pp. 218-223: The table entitled "Dip of the needle and force of magnetic attraction..." was reformatted and abbreviations were used to fit within a reasonable width.
Pp. 224-247: Each pair of pages is one table but the two pages are presented one after the other. An additional column with the days of the month has been added to the second page of each pair.
P. 231: "Speculæ" changed to "Spiculæ" (Spiculæ of snow falling).
P. 235: The digits in the seventh entry are missing.
P. 239: word following "colourless" is missing.
Ad p. 4: "57 Illustration" changed to "57 Illustrations".
Ad p. 5: "thau" changed to "than" (rather than to win favour).