Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales . to to Mr. White. These were the best men I could find. All were ready to facefire or water, in hopes of regaining by desperate exploits,a portion, at least, of that liberty which had been forfeitedto the laws of their country. This was always a favouriteservice with the best disposed of the convict prisoners, forin the event of their meriting, by their good conduct, afavourable report on my return, t
Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales . to to Mr. White. These were the best men I could find. All were ready to facefire or water, in hopes of regaining by desperate exploits,a portion, at least, of that liberty which had been forfeitedto the laws of their country. This was always a favouriteservice with the best disposed of the convict prisoners, forin the event of their meriting, by their good conduct, afavourable report on my return, the government was likelyto grant them some indulgence. I chose these men eitherfrom the characters they bore, or according to their trade orparticular qualifications : thus, Burnett was the son of a respectable house-carpenter onthe banks of the Tweed, where he had been too fond ofshooting game, his only cause of trouble. Whiting, a Londoner, had been a soldier in the Guards. Woods had been found useful in the department as a sur-veyors man ; in which ca])acity he first came under mynotice, after he had been long employed as a boatnuin in tilt > ^^Wc^ ddhili^. _ ^rra/J*rznZs^lt^^ey\M^iJfy CH. I.] THE EXPEDITION. 17 the survey of the coast, and having become, in consequence,ill from scurvy, he made application to me to be employedonshore. The justness of his request, and the services hehad performed, prepossessed me in his favour, and I neverafterwards had occasion to change my good opinion of him. John Palmer was a sailmaker as well as a sailor, and bothhe and Jones had been on board a man-of-war, and werevery handy fellows. Worthington was a strong youth, recently arrived fromNottingham. He was nicknamed by his comrades Fiveoclock, from his having, on the outset of the journey, dis-turbed them by insisting that the hour was five oclock soonafter midnight, from his eagerness to be ready in time in themorning. I never saw Souters diploma, but his experience and skillin
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