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Explorations in Australia

CHAPTER 2
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Have fears that the information received from the natives relates to nine of Mr.Austin's horses that died from poison at Poison Rock.

They now state they are only horses' bones, and not men's, as first stated.
8th.
Travelling in the direction of North 30 degrees East for about ten miles, we reached some granite rocks, with a water-hole in them, called Coorbedar.

Passed over very rough, low, quartz hills, covered with acacia thickets, etc.

At four miles passed a water-hole called Yeergolling; at seven miles a small one called Gnurra; and another at eight miles called Munnarra.
9th (Sunday).
Rested our horses at Coorbedar.

Found camp to be in south latitude 29 degrees 24 minutes 43 seconds by meridian altitudes of the sun and Regulus, and in longitude 118 degrees 6 minutes East.


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