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eers.) She does not feel jealous that you should receive telegraphic intelligence from the outside world earlier than she does; on the contrary, she is anxious that you should be placed in the same advantageous position as regards telegraphic communication as your other sisters are. (Applause.) Gentlemen, on her behalf, and on my own behalf, I thank you most heartily for the kind manner in which this toast has been received." RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATIONS. Since then, in the summer of 1875, I have visited Europe and received many proofs of the interest felt by Englishmen in Australian exploration. In the colonies, too, I find that the spirit of adventure which stimulates settlers to follow eagerly in the steps of the pioneer has been active. Already stations are being advanced on each side along the shores of the Great Bight, and a telegraph line is being constructed from King George's Sound to Adelaide, along my route of 1870, which will connect Western Australia with the telegraph systems of the world. Farther north, towards the head waters of the Murchison, advances have been made, and I and other explorers must feel a gratification, which gives ample reward for all our toil, in knowing that we have made some advance at least towards a more complete knowledge of the interior of vast and wonderful Australia. APPENDIX TO JOURNAL. 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS, ETC., COLLECTED ON EXPEDITION; SHOWING ALSO THE LOCALITY FROM WHICH THEY WERE TAKEN: BY BARON VON MUELLER, C.M.G., ETC. CAMP 21. Latitude 25 degrees 57 minutes 32 seconds South; longitude 117 degrees 20 minutes East:-- Cassia desolata. Trichodesma Zeilonicum. Stylobasium spatulatum. Psoralea Cucantha. Scaevola spiniscens. Sida petrophila. Codonocarpus cotinifolius. Adriana tomentosa. Salsola Kali. CAMP 31. Latitude 26 degrees 8 minutes 31 seconds South; longitude 119 degrees 18 minutes East:-- Acacia aneura. Oeschynomene Indica. Eremophila longifola. Cassia Sturtii. Plectronia latifolia. CAMP 33. Latitude 26 degrees 13 minutes South; longitude 119 degrees 32 minutes East:-- Santalum Preissianum. Plectronia latifolia. CAMP 36. Latitude 26 degrees 17 minutes 12 seconds South; longitude 119 degrees 53 minutes East:-- Brachychiton Gregorii. Dodonaea petiolaris. Cassia artemisioides. Eremophila latifolia. Hakea lorea. Acacia aneura. Eremophila longifolia. CAMP 40. Latitude 25 degrees 38 minutes 44 seconds South; longitude 120 degre
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