[1]This poor man was unfortunately drowned, September 30th.
[2]According to Balbi, the course of the Murray is nearly 3,000 miles.
[3]This calculation can only be approximate.
[4]Expeditions into the Interior of Australia: 2 vols.
[5]The return of supplies taken each trip up the river, it is calculated, will be equivalent to about one-half the value of the cargo brought down; the orders for goods amounting already to £3,000 and upwards.
[6]The dimensions of the Lady Augusta (so called in honour of Lady Young), are as follows:—Extreme length on deck, 105ft.; extreme length of keel, 98ft. 6in.; depth of hold, 5ft 6in.; breadth of beam, 12ft.; on the cross guards, 21ft. She is built altogether upon the American principle and model, and cost about £5,000. Her engines, furnished from Sydney, are of twenty horse power each, and of best workmanship. Her total tonnage, including engines which weigh thirty tons, is ninety-one tons. Her beams and planking are of New Zealand pine, and her timbers are of honeysuckle. She draws 3ft. water when full, and 2ft. 4in. when light. She possesses accommodation for sixteen first-class passengers and half as many second. There is also accommodation in the Eureka barge, which tows alongside.
[7]The Eureka launch is built of blue gum below, her upper planks of New Zealand pine, and her decks of Baltic deal. Entire length on deck, 106 feet; entire length of keel, 96 feet; breadth of beam, 12 feet; breadth of cross guards, 21 feet; depth of hold, 8 feet. Her dimensions were:—Estimated measurement tonnage, 87 tons; draught of water, with cargo, 3 feet; draught of water, without cargo, 13 to 15 inches. The deck, which is covered with an awning, is, from her peculiar construction, large enough for a vessel of 300 or 400 tons.
[8]This man, for want of evidence, was released, and sent back from whence he came.
[9]From those lakes, salt, in considerable quantities, is gathered and transported into the interior, or to the nearest towns.
[10]October 4th, above Euston, three emus or cassowaries were observed swimming across the river. Amongst the Australian aborigines there has been an evident desire to preserve this gigantic bird, and for this purpose its flesh is forbidden, it is said, to their young men. The Europeans, however, hunt it down without any consideration, unless it be for the sake of its feathers or for a steak of its flesh. An emu, we are told, with a kick can kill a dog or break a horse’s leg, and to judge from the size of their claws (some of which we have on board) this can be no exaggeration. Dogs are, however, trained to seize them by the neck, and, in this way, overpower them easily.