King has behaved nobly. I hope that he will be properly cared for. He comes up the creek in accordance with my request.
R. O'HARA BURKE.
Cooper's Creek, June 28th.
Again, the next entry says:--
King has behaved nobly. He has stayed with me to the last, and placed the pistol in my hand, leaving me lying on the surface as I wished.
R. O'H. BURKE.
Cooper's Creek, June 28th.
The following sketch of the journey across the continent of Australia, by Messrs. Burke and Wills, in a letter from the Governor of Victoria, Sir Henry Barclay, to Sir Roderick Murchison, was read before the Royal Geographical Society in London on the 15th of January, 1862, and was ordered to be printed in their proceedings. The letter also appeared in the Times of the 15th of January:--
MY DEAR SIR RODERICK,