Their patience however had almost given way, and they had threatened to leave the settlement when fortunately we made our appearance, and all their doubts as to our arrival vanished.

Nothing but jimbucks (sheep) and flour danced before their eyes, and they looked with eager impatience to the approach of the drays.
These two natives, Camboli and Nadbuck, were men superior to their fellows, both in intellect and in authority.

They were in truth two fine specimens of Australian aborigines, stern, impetuous, and determined, active, muscular, and energetic.

Camboli was the younger of the two, and a native of one of the most celebrated localities on the Murray.

It bears about N.N.E.from Lake Bonney, where the flats are very extensive, and are intersected by numerous creeks and lagoons.