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into proper order for the jour-
ney. However by much
exertion I had got everything
eady for a start on the fourth
day after landing at Windham.
I privately bought from dif-
erent owners 11 horses at an
average price of £12. I had
to pay a high price for second
hand pack saddles and old riding
saddles for the two Blackfellows
I rationed the party for
about 8 weeks, but this
afterwards proved to be insufficient,
owing to the delay in zig zagging round the estuaries and mountains near Cambridge Gulf
I had calculated on reaching
the Regent Riv in a week from
Wyndham but it was 17 days
travelling before we struck the head
waters of the Regent, as whole
days were occupied in getting
round the heads of boggy tidal