Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia . .vt»^::^-^^mff»^ ?* ?^»=»-^?.:-^?»Jt-<-^^--^;--^ji-a^&^: Mk Hi iRNS CaRPIAGL. Arrival ai Wailr. HORN KXPEDITION—NARRATIVE. 0 However, tlioir powci-s oi cnduKince, despite theif vicious disposition, rcudci-tlieiii invaluable in diy countries such as the interior of Australia. They will feedon thorny desert plants which notliing else will eat, and can, when trained, go fordays together without driidcing—the longest recoril in Australia being, I believe,the 24 days waterless march on the recent Eld
Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia . .vt»^::^-^^mff»^ ?* ?^»=»-^?.:-^?»Jt-<-^^--^;--^ji-a^&^: Mk Hi iRNS CaRPIAGL. Arrival ai Wailr. HORN KXPEDITION—NARRATIVE. 0 However, tlioir powci-s oi cnduKince, despite theif vicious disposition, rcudci-tlieiii invaluable in diy countries such as the interior of Australia. They will feedon thorny desert plants which notliing else will eat, and can, when trained, go fordays together without driidcing—the longest recoril in Australia being, I believe,the 24 days waterless march on the recent Elder Expedition. Such abstinence asthis must, however, cause considerable suffering to the animals. However, to n^turn to our Expedition. Leaving Adelaide, we went by trainiov GOO miles to , tlie most northern point on the southern part of tlieprojected trans-continental railway. Mr. Winnecke had precedc^d us to super-intend arrangements, and we found the camels camped some little distanceoutsidt! the township in the midst of a dry, bare plain, close to a small muddywaterhole on the Neale Creek. Mr. WiiHiecke had evidently been having a busy time. Stores o
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