JARDINE'S JOURNAL—NOTES BY THE ETEXT-MAKER.Spelling errors and typos listed below are as shown in the paper textand have been copied into the electronic text.FRONT MATTERThe footnote in the INTRODUCTION does not have a referent in the text—there is no asterisk in the text. It is not clear whether the'settlement' it refers to as having been abandoned is at Adam Bay or inWestern Australia.P ix—'loosing' instead of 'losing'P xi—re-placedCHAPTER 1There are several words in this chapter which do not conform to today'sspelling, but which appear in the paper text as copied:p 1—faciliatep 3—agreablep 5—speersp 5—Gaala Creek—(should be Galaa Creek)p 5—discriptionp 7—amunitionCHAPTER 2P 9—amunitionP 9—earthernP 9—cheiflyP 10—stoneyP 10—occuringP 11—villanousP 11—vestageP 16—potatoeP 16—oppossumP 17—apparantlyP 18—despatchP 18—amunitionp 19—muscles—probably should be 'mussels'p 19—(about 18 miles....—no closing bracketp 23—a cawbawn saucy—should probably be 'as cawbawn....p 23—agressorsp 24—succededp 24—'where' instead of 'were'p 24—'frighened' instead of 'frightened'p 26—emeup 27—double and single quotes on "Ferguson," don't matchp 27—'spenifex' instead of 'spinifex'CHAPTER 3P 30—too (too days)P 30—diliriousP 32—carcasep 32—indispensibleP 32—chisselP 33—'these' should probably be 'they'p 33—pigmyP 34—agreablyP 34—a-headP 35—degnifiedP 36—'course' instead of 'coarse'P 37—steadillyP 37—abondonedp 37—wireyP 38—cheiflyp 38—seivesP 38—permenantlyp 39—occuringP 40 —frightendedP 40—bythe (all one word)P 40—gratuitiousCHAPTER 4P 42—they (no capital on beginning of sentence)P 43—horses (no possessive apostrophe)P 43—varitiesP 44—varitiesp 44—gulleyp 46—sheildp 48—agressorp 49—peicesp 50—bitcher plant—(instead of pitcher plant?)p 50—pelluced——————————————————————CHAPTER 5p 59—'course sandstone'—should probably be 'coarse'p 63—a-headp 64—the latitude measurements seem to have reversed the signs forminutes and seconds in measuring latitude. I have spelled out the words.p 67—'meet' instead of 'meat'p 68—'eat' instead of 'ate'p 69—horsmenp 69—admonitaryp 70—Lichhardtp 70—retreiverp 70—mocassinsCHAPTER 6p 72—distentionp 73—'gotting' should be 'getting'?p 73—exhilirationAPPENDIXp 75—weeps the stream—should be 'sweeps the stream'? or was theauthor being poetic?p 77—SPINIGEX—should be 'Spinifex'p 77—genuis—genusp 77—neverthlessp 77—loosing—losingp 78—vigilencep 79—Thozets'—Thozet'sp 82—easly—easilyp 82—entirleyp 83—surperseded
Map of the northern part of Queensland showing the route of Messrs Jardine from August 1864 to January 1865[Clickhereto display higher resolution map]
Map of the northern part of Queensland showing the route of Messrs Jardine from August 1864 to January 1865[Clickhereto display higher resolution map]
Map of the northern part of Queensland showing the route of Messrs Jardine from August 1864 to January 1865
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