{"product_id":"2940013680289","title":"Narrative of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Direction of E. B. Kennedy","description":"We left Sydney on the 29th of April, 1848, in the barque \"Tam O'Shanter\"\u003cbr\u003e(Captain Merionberg); in company with H.M.S. \"Rattlesnake.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur party consisted of the following persons: Mr. E. B. Kennedy,\u003cbr\u003e(leader,) Mr. W. Carron, (botanist,) Mr. T. Wall, (naturalist,) Mr. C.\u003cbr\u003eNiblet, (storekeeper,) James Luff, Edward Taylor, and William Costigan,\u003cbr\u003e(carters,) Edward Carpenter, (shepherd,) William Goddard, Thomas\u003cbr\u003eMitchell, John Douglas, Dennis Dunn, (labourers,) and Jackey, an\u003cbr\u003eaboriginal native of the Patrick's Plains tribe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur supplies and equipment for the journey had been most fully\u003cbr\u003econsidered, and were estimated by Mr. Kennedy as amply sufficient for a\u003cbr\u003ejourney so short as that we then anticipated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur live stock consisted of twenty-eight horses, one hundred sheep, three\u003cbr\u003ekangaroo dogs, and one sheep dog. Our dry provisions comprised one ton of\u003cbr\u003eflour, ninety lbs. of tea, and six hundred lbs. of sugar. Besides these\u003cbr\u003enecessary supplies for subsistence on the road, we took with us\u003cbr\u003etwenty-four pack-saddles, one heavy square cart, two spring carts, with\u003cbr\u003eharness for nine horses, four tents, a canvas sheepfold, twenty-two\u003cbr\u003epounds gunpowder, one hundred and thirty lbs. shot, a quarter cask of\u003cbr\u003eammunition, twenty-eight tether ropes, each twenty-one yards long, forty\u003cbr\u003ehobble chains and straps, together with boxes, paper, \u0026amp;c., for preserving\u003cbr\u003especimens, firearms, cloaks, blankets, tomahawks, and other minor\u003cbr\u003erequisites for such an expedition, not forgetting a supply of fish-hooks\u003cbr\u003eand other small articles, as presents for the natives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a tedious passage of twenty-two days, we arrived at Rockingham Bay\u003cbr\u003eon the 21st May; and even here, at the very starting point of our\u003cbr\u003ejourney, those unforeseen difficulties began to arise, which led us\u003cbr\u003esubsequently to hardships so great and calamities so fatal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn casting anchor, Mr. Kennedy, in company with Captain Merionberg,\u003cbr\u003eproceeded in a boat to examine the shores of the Bay, and to determine on\u003cbr\u003ea suitable landing place for the horses, but returned in the evening\u003cbr\u003ewithout having been able to discover one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe attempt was renewed the next morning, and continued during the entire\u003cbr\u003eday; and on the morning of the 23rd of May Mr. Kennedy and Captain\u003cbr\u003eMerionberg returned to the ship with the intelligence that they had\u003cbr\u003ediscovered a spot where the horses might be landed with tolerable safety,\u003cbr\u003eand where, too, there was plenty of grass and water. This was an\u003cbr\u003eimportant desideratum, as we had lost one horse and eleven sheep on the\u003cbr\u003evoyage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe water round the shores of the bay was very shallow, in consequence of\u003cbr\u003ewhich the vessel could not approach close inland, but was compelled to\u003cbr\u003ecast anchor about a quarter of a mile from the shore, and this distance\u003cbr\u003ethe horses had to swim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the afternoon the vessel was anchored off the landing place, and early\u003cbr\u003eon the following morning (May 24th) the tents, tether ropes, and\u003cbr\u003esheepfold were taken ashore, with a party to take care of the horses when\u003cbr\u003elanded. At ten o'clock AM., slings having been prepared, we commenced\u003cbr\u003ehoisting the horses out of the hold, and lowering them into the water\u003cbr\u003ealongside a boat, to the stern of which the head of each horse was\u003cbr\u003esecured, as it was pulled ashore. One horse was drowned in landing, but\u003cbr\u003eall the others were safely taken ashore during the day. The weather this\u003cbr\u003eday was very cold, with occasional showers of rain.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079649116400,"sku":"2940013680289","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013680289_p0.jpg?v=1763584410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013680289","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}