Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-09
HES1EEEA NEGGS.

FAILURE OF TIE EXPEDITION >.
Of DjsrOrery 10 the North ccSt Coast u .1as"d"n'
I.,,ers were received on Saturday by the council oil
the ROYAL geographical society from Messrs Grey ana
Lushingon who it will be remembered sailed nom ,he
Cane in October last with The design OF penetrating ""
the nnr,h west coas. Of New Holland into the INTERIOR
The letter of the last named gentleman which IS oaeu
Capetown June 80 simply announces Inc TACT OF 'ie
failure of the expedition, and oil his in'eho'ng 10 Sa
as he can procure passage nome T''u' ;
also states that Mr.. Grey was waiting al io'l LOUIS
With the same intentions But The COMMUNICATION
from MIR Grew which bears the earlier date OF June -
and is written from PoI, Louis, enters INTO SOME ihIe
resting particulars II appears that the adVehtuefs
mo, with decided hostility the part OF the naVes,
almost from their landing. The utmost extent they
reached inland was about seventy miles, and from
this point they obliged 10 reiface lheir steps IN
consequence OF spear wound received oy MT.
GREY towards of 30 natives, headed oy chief from
whom the had uniformly encountered every opposition,
here attacked that gentleman, who had only TWO COM
panons with him; but it would seem that no ann was
taken BY any of the adventurlng party until MT Grey
was wounded, when in sell defence he was ooiIgeo 10
shoot the poor savage, whose fall his followers lnne
disely ceased from further hostlities Nh Grey speaks
puf.rInoy Of the unetring precision win whlch the
natives throw their spears, having been struck 'h'se
times successfully by the chief although dangerously
wounded by the third spear only lie states lhs chle
10 been half case and that he several Whites
"a who seemed such the course OF his wandenss ou'
that they could be induced to approach taking al
once to flight For 90 miles from the coast, he found
The country sterile DESERT but here lis face changed
to s verdant landscape, and rich generous soil NO.
bic river about 200 yards broad, was observed mere
however the letter makes mention OF further parh
culars concerning IT, Of the direction in which II How
cd The most curious circumstance mentioned oy MI
GREY the discovery of numerous trogolodyta paint
ings presumed be the work Of the aborgnes which
evnce considerable knowledge Of effect As an instance
of this he adtuces representations OF the human
hand made, apparently, in the manner OF cast on the
surface of The rock and painted black whilst the sur
rounding part is coored white. From those paintings,
and variety of collateral proof which he says he col
eced Mr. Grey is led to infer that the natives on THIS
part Of the coast Of Asa,c dcscent-a CONJECTURE
indeed rendered extremely probable. when We consi
der that the Islands of the East Indian Archp cago
form series oG steps, it we're, from The Easter"
continent 10 Australia Mr. Grey concludes his lei
ter BY expressing his satisfaction at having been en-
abled 10 introduce various useful animals into this
par, of New Holland with different seeds and plants,
all of which, especially the plants ct The bread.
fruit tree, he left evidently thriving. The eIped''
ton was FIVE months in the country and the iurthest
pom, reached by from Hanover Bay the landing place,
Is So 5 Int. Contrary to the statement o! MIR Lush
pgton that both about 10 return home. Mr. Grey
declares that he resolved 10 start another attempt
but 10 make it farther 10 the southwark
From The foregoing it will be seen that the letter is
hurried ONE and leaves many points untouched OF nte-
rest both to the public and the friends Of The adven.
turers Captain Wickham, who had command OF the
nautical part of the expedition, is only incidentally men
toned; but it satisfactory to know that all are well
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