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JOURNALS
OF
SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS
MADE IN
WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1832.
A JOURNAL of the proceedings of a party of Officers and men, (21 in number,) landed from His Majesty's Ship Challenger, at Browne Mount, Cockburn Sound, June 26, 1829, for the purpose of exploring the Canning River and the intervening country, as respects the Soil, &c.
June 26th.—Landed at 10, a.m. and proceeded in an E. by S. direction; the first mile was a perfect sandy surface; we then came on to a dark red soil, which extended about the same distance, and then had the sand again mixed with dark earth, which continued without any perceptible change to the end of this day's journey, about nine miles from the place of debarkation; but to accomplish this dis-
