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[Page 94]

expenditure and delay. I
had 2, F Bradshaw and
Allen brought with me from Melbourne
and two smart Larikeas
(Palmerston Blackfellows) from
Pt Darwin, and at Wynd-
ham I engaged an active
young fellow, named Hugh
Young who came round
from Melbourne at his
own expense in hopes of
being engaged, This made
up a party of six, which
I decided would be quite
enough if due care were ex-
ercised.
  {I gave the Larikeas some
instruction and practice in rifle and
revolver shooting and they
became to be efficient marksmen}
  The people at Wyndham con-
sidered that it would take
me three or four weeks to
collect horses, saddles, etc and
get my travelling plant
  

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