JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, DURING THE YEARS 1837, 38, AND 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. DESCRIBING MANY NEWLY DISCOVERED, IMPORTANT, AND FERTILE DISTRICTS, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS, &c. &c. BY GEORGE GREY, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; Late Captain of the Eighty-third Regiment. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: T. AND W. BOONE, 29, NEW BOND STREET. Wb163/826 ΤΟ THE LORD GLENELG, UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, THE EXPEDITIONS RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES WERE UNDERTAKEN, THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS ASSISTANCE, HIS COUNSELS, AND HIS KINDNESS, IN HIS HIGH PUBLIC STATION, AND WITH A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC VIRTUES. |