The preliminary arrangements for the North Australian Exploring Expedition being complete, the stores, equipment, and a portion of the party were embarked at Sydney in the barque Monarch and schooner Tom Tough, and sailed for Moreton Bay on the 18th July, 1855, and on the 22nd anchored at the bar of the Brisbane River.

This proposal has its origin in a public meeting, held in Sydney on the 11th instant, at which resolutions were passed invoking the assistance of the Government, and it is recommended to favourable consideration at the present moment by the circumstance that Mr. Gregory, who recently returned from a successful exploration in the same direction, has intimated his willingness to undertake the conduct of the proposed Expedition.

Sydney to the foreA short walk and a good viewTo Sazos and GrustThe bathing establishmentsSazos: the old churchThe belfryChiming extraordinaryVarious promenadesGems of hill and vale CHAPTER VIII.

He crossed the Nepean and established a depot at a place known as Nattai, whence the waggon was sent back to Sydney for provisions, Barallier, with the remainder of his men and a native, pushing out westwards.

Remaining in California only long enough to verify his observations, he returned to Sydney at the beginning of the year 1851.

In another fortnight I had sailed for Sydney with my shekels and my wife.

But if Charles was incorrigible in the pursuit of pleasure, he proved a docile pupil on the subject of [Footnote 1: She was previously the mistress of Colonel Robert Sydney; and her son bore so great a resemblance to that officer, that the duke of York always looked upon Sydney as the father.

The reader will remember an allusion in a previous chapter to the departure from Sydney of the expedition despatched for the purpose of forming it, as well as some remarks on the policy of giving it a purely military character.

But when Jones suggested that Bagwax might be sent to Sydney without further trouble, Sir John's conscience pricked him.

We however succeeded in effecting our arrival at Sydney by the 25th, after an absence of 344 days.

But scant reference can here be made to the illustrious primate of Australia, Cardinal Moran, archbishop of Sydney from 1884 to 1911, who was such a potent force in the land of his adoption, and whose masterly History of the Catholic Church in Australasia puts him in the forefront of ecclesiastical historians.

"We'll hit the Bull's Kid hard for about a weekmix it with the fellers in from way backyou knowdry-blowers, pearlers, spending it easy handing their money to Bessie behind the bar and restless because she makes it last too long; watch them a while and get in touch with all that's happening; then flit out of Sydney like bats out ofand hump blueeh?" "Something'll turn up; it always does.

At Cassini Island, the Mermaid left for Timor, and eventually returned to Sydney round the west coast of Australia.

The Bramble was left to perform some work in Endeavour Strait* and elsewhere along the Inner Passage, and after its completion to make the best of her way to Sydney down the eastern coast of Australia against the trade-wind, before successfully accomplished by only two other vessels besides herself.

It not being the favourable season for commencing operations in Bass Strait, we remained at Sydney until November, and embraced the opportunity of clearing out the ship.

CHAPTER TEN Everard Grey Uncle Julius had taken a run down to Sydney before returning to Caddagat, and was to be home during the first week in September, bringing with him Everard Grey.

Ruatara received them with open arms, and they returned to Sydney after a peaceful visit, bringing with them not only their enthusiastic host, but two other chiefsKoro Koro and Hongi, the last-named fated to become the scourge and destroyer of his race.