THE INTERIOR.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 384, 28 June 1861, Page 4

THE INTERIOR.

The following interesting letter appears in a recent number of the; South Australian Re-

gister. " I have been north of this place 250 miles, to a portion of Cooper's Creek. The first day to MountFrceliDg; thesecondto Blanchewater; the third to Tooancachin ; the fourth to Manuwalkaninna; the fifth to Lake Pando, or Lake Hope, as it styled on the map, which was the prinoipal place I went to see, and it certainly was a treat to see so much water in this dry part of the world.

" Lake Hope, or the Pando, as the natives call it, is (I and my fellow travellers consider) the termination of Cooper's Creek, and is about twelve miles in length, and varying from three tOijfive' in width. The depth we could not ascertain any further than by swimming and diving, but you soon get where the bottom is past diving for. There is abundance of fish in the lake resembling the Murray cod, but not so large. The largest we saw would not weigh above four pounds. There are several lakes (of rainwater) in the vicinity, in which there is also an abundance of fish.

" The first night we camped on one of these lakes, surrounded by about 200 as savage specimens of human nature as ever I saw. We spent a very auxiou3 night, I can assure you We kept watch by turns all night. We had twenty eight barrels loaded with powder and ball, which would have made a little hole ia them, but the sight of the tools scared them. There were two, or three of them that had been among white men, and it was evident they had taught the-others the effect of the white fellow's ' muckefty' had ou the system. We heard nothing else all night but * White-fellow mucketty growl; blackfellow spear gib it;' but they did not come to the scratch. We left the next day, and went north, following a gum creek all the way, with abundance of water in it. Forty of the blacks followed us, middling stout chaps, armed to the teeth, and camped within ton yards of us at night; but finding they were too closely watched they did not show fight. We could soon have dispatched that number to the land of spirits. They followed us the next day, and we camped about four miles from a swarm of niggers. We kept good watch all night, and at daybreak we resorted to a stratagem, which happily deprived us of their company. We sent those who were camped with us to tell the others we were coming, and to get. some fish caught ready for us. Off they went, and as we bad got as far as we intended to go, we went the other way and hit out for home. They must have been sometime before they found it out, otherwise they could have caught us. They will run along six miles an hour all day, and when they like they can keep pace with a pretty good horse at a gallop. But we saw no more cf them. However, when we lost the blacks we lost gur ' tucker,' for we could not get any fish, and although there is plenty of game it is so dreadfully shy that it would be quite by accidont were we to get within 100 yards of them; consequently we were five days on damper and water, which would take a long time to kill me.

We nest started iv a different direction'—i.e., to the north-west, and have just returned ; but I have not seen in any of my travels any country worth having. The country about the lakes is the most miserable I ever rode over. Nothing but sandhills, with very scanty vegetation.

" Tbe couutry unoccupied to the north-west we could find no permanent water on, nor any signs of it

" We have had some nice rain, and I think we shall have a favorable season, and goodness knows it is quite time. If we do not, we must certainly evacuate the territory one and all."

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