 ... this cause we lost many valuable animals ; and our progress was impeded by the frequent and long delays necessary to recruit those that were still left alive. Our journey thus became protracted to a period far beyond what had been calculated upon...  Expeditions of Discovery in South Australia - Página 180por Edward John Eyre - 1843 - 38 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1842 - 450 páginas
...accomplished a distance of 160 miles, throughout which not a drop of water could be procured even by digging. beyond what had been calculated upon; and it became...horses, as an additional supply of food to the party. We had now seven horses left, but they were barely alive. For eight months previous to our leaving... | |
 | 1842 - 318 páginas
...beyond what had been calculated upon; and it became necessary not merely to economise most strictly the provisions we had brought with us, but eventually...two of our horses, as an additional supply of food for the party. In the midst of these difficulties, and when only half-way across the Great Australian... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1843 - 508 páginas
...of water in any way- In this fearful country our horses suffered most severely, and on two-different occasions were seven days without any water, and almost...then barely half-way across the Great Bight, my very smnll party was broken up by an event as distressing as it was tragical, and I was left alone with... | |
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