Detailed Instructions: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Problem:Since this linguistic-statistical study of an obsession might well prove to be an important contribution to psycholinguistics, I decided to make a larger sample of watery words, choosing the straightforward journals of Colonel Peter Egerton Warburton, who led an expedition across the western interior of Australia in 1873 - 4.
Solution:
Since this study of an obsession might be an important contribution to psycholinguistics, I decided to make a larger sample of watery words. I chose the journals of Colonel Warburton, who led an expedition across the interior of Australia.