n of the head,
which had fallen considerably below the level of the body, we were led to
conclude that a rush of blood into the brain had caused his death, and at
last without much suffering.

BURIAL OF MR. SMITH.

With the help of the soldier and Warrup we made a grave with our hands
and buried poor Smith deep in a sandhill near the shore, about
seventy-six miles to the north of Swan River. Even Warrup,
notwithstanding the general apathy of the native character, wept like a
child over the untimely fate of this young man, from whom he had formerly
received kindness. Smoothing over his solitary bed, and placing at the
head of his grave a piece of wood found upon the beach, we pursued our
melancholy way half a mile to the northward, where we found the water to
which we had been directed by digging 12 inches in the sand at the
commencement of a considerable sheet of bare sand, extending at least
four miles into the interior. In the course of the evening we rejoined
our party on the Moore River. Next day we halted at Kadjelup; and on the
19th we separated at Neergabby once more, Mr. Spofforth to conduct the
remainder of the party home with as much celerity as they could travel,
whilst I proceeded with Kinchela and Warrup to examine the coast from the
mouth of the Moore River for any traces of Mr. Walker, of whose fate we
were in total ignorance. By noon of the 22nd we had arrived within 12
miles of Perth without remarking the least trace of the supposed
absentee, when we were met by Mr. Hunt the constable with the pleasing
intelligence that Mr. Walker had reached Perth on the 9th instant. In the
evening we arrived at the same place, and found that Mr. Spofforth had
brought in his charge the day before.

...

CONCLUSION OF THE EXPEDITION.

If Mr. Roe's party had been delayed only a few hours there is every
probability that from the debilitated state in which the men were found
they would all have perished.

I deeply regretted the death of poor Frederic Smith, who had come out
from England expressly for the purpose of joining me, led solely by the
spirit of enterprise, and not with any view of settling. He was the most
youthful of the party, being only 18 years of age, and thence was less
capable than the others of bearing up against long-continued want and
fatigue, and the excessive heat of the climate, under which he gradually
wasted away until death terminated his sufferings. When aroused by danger
or stimulated by