When I returned the sun of prosperity was shining on it, and every heart was glad.

Providence had rewarded a people who had borne their reverses with singular firmness and magnanimity.

Their harvest fields were bowed down by the weight of grain; their pastoral pursuits were prosperous; the hills were yielding forth their mineral wealth, and peace and prosperity prevailed over the land.

May the inhabitants of South Australia continue to deserve and to receive the protection of that Almighty power, on whose will the existence of nations as well as that of individuals depends! Not having had time as yet to attend to my own private affairs, I was unable to leave Adelaide for a few days after the departure of Mr.
Piesse.

A similar cause prevented Mr.James Poole, who was to act as my assistant, from accompanying the drays.