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240 deceive me; follow back our tracks instantly to the point from whence we started; if you do not find them, as the sun falls you die."

Being convinced of his determination, the man now moved gradually away, evidently intending to desert him, in which case, he could never again have hoped to rejoin the party. He, therefore, instantly cocked the remaining barrel of his gun, and presented it at him, telling him that if he moved further than a certain tree, which he pointed out, he would instantly shoot him. The decided manner in which he pronounced this had the desired effect.

Happily, in spite of all their sufferings, the whole of Mr. Grey's detachment of the party survived the journey, and reached Perth on the 21st of April. The governor could scarcely credit his sight, when he beheld the miserable object that stood before him. Immediate steps were taken to forward assistance to those who were still in the bush. "Having thus far," says Grey, "performed my duty, I retired to press a bed once more, having for nearly three consecutive months slept in the open air, on the ground, just at the spot where my day's hardship had terminated. So changed was I, that those of my friends, who had heard of my arrival and were coming to congratulate me, passed me in the street, whilst others to whom I went up, and held out my hand, drew back in horror, and said, 'I beg your pardon, who are you?'" Grey's forethought, in pushing forward with the strongest of his band, doubtless saved the lives of his fellow-sufferers. A party were immediately dispatched in search of the portion of the expedition left in charge of Dr. Walker the surgeon, who were at last all