I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less.

a. He was one of seven children;
Elizabeth Rose Wills (August 1831–23 May 1832). London 15 April 1914).

He achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. June/July 1861) was a British surveyor who also trained for a while as a surgeon.