The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-07
GEOGRAPHIC DISCOVERY,
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B.vs.rss,ss, S.s wsr. n.snA Hasa, In the
CsAtary CoHpisteA.
Itvas beliSS cd early In this century that tho
wholly unknown interior Of Australia was
vstered By G,reat river svstom reaching tho
saa In the deep bays Of the northwest part OF
the continent 1t was to establish this sup.
| possd fact that Cont Sir Philip King sailed
along this coast III 1920. entaTing ali the deem,
| inlets to flud souae great river mouth One
day he sailed, twenty-nve. miles up Hanover
Bay. discovering . large river which he named
| tho Prince Regent. The next year he ascond.'
cd the rivor for nfty miles. Nearly seventeen
ears elspesd before another expedltl ion. under
:. eoommnnd Of Sir George Gray. was sent to
n uoyer Bay to eomplsts the exploration o.
thc river. The natives fell upon The party
sndA .oupdedits leader 20 badly that he has.
$500 back to civilization. From that das
It'll -. tyear no further effort was made I'd
sss.. - problem OF tho Prince, Regent Rived
M. i.A It PsNmssn's Aahsihrssn oontainS
. ranoyt q the expedition led a ysar ago u
Mr. Iose,uh \ 'radshnw Of Melbourne THROUGH
this wholly UNI snown part Of AUSTRALIA Land
Ing at wy,2dhA n on oemprloSe Hual witt
s .W% A. nro,,sioa carried on, pack horned
sha iitt,e narty mum ed southwest Into the UNI
snotvn ,,yilaorusss tow ard Prince Regent Hivs&
Thsy lind mot zone .ar 'sfore they met nativs(
=. VIA a. m " thnt v,re ever dipmAyed By tx
appartion OF white meu.e Hne SAVAGE Living
along ono rivof pluns,N INTO the wsesf an4
swam across the stream ,VoAl the appeoach0g
the expedition.
Nearly oil the way TO the p VncS heeenS1aWA
tho party travelled throush tau aeaA2 ON
species known - the black oat. xrass Wes froo3l
nine to twelve fest high, and IL NY dtfasulN
for the little caravan 10 force 6esH WaS3
through It. AZ ono place whore LNAy saofs)
nous sAndstono blocks wsre soattsNt ove@
the plain. they found numerous lAreA oole
excavated in tho bouidsrs In vhiod t4Al
natives had stored the bones Of eANNs
dead. The skeletons were mot pressBvsAV
intact, but tho bones wsre packed closely, to-,
eether, and large stones cevered them. apparel
entity to prevent wild dingoss from scattsrinaA.
than. These curious nausoleums were founN
along crock which, ". .BradshAw nameda'
Sepnlchrs Creek Ham also b. found hith-s
srto unknown nah Of ane aavos, which he was,
NOT able to ind ip,any Of the other rivers. Hex
proved that the great Aesss& OF inner AustrallaG
does not ex4end thus arto the nscthwest. forl
the region through NhieA, he passed waaS
wAtered BY SCORES Of. erDsks and rivers. willis,
tropical vegetation luxuYiantly nourishsd
Ono day the party came toan unexpected im-.
cipitously thatit was impossible to lead tl,es
horses up the slope. After hours Of search 81
narrow valley was discovered between whose
Steep high sides they travelled for about .
mile until they reached the summit Of COM,
paratively level weil-grassed plain. On this
plateau they travelled for several days before;
they descended at the other edge. They found
It very difficult to get through the tanele oil
hills bordering this little plateau on the west-a
ern side. and for four days they were busv,
with axes under the glowing hsat Of the trop-,.
icsl sun cutting road for the horses little
beyond they assembled mountain about 1.5OOf
.eet hlen. rom Whlcn 'ess me- D1''peS' e1-'
tended In al directions.
elevation. coversd 10 their tons vith tbioks