Australia Twice Traversed - The Romance Of Exploration, Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1872 To 1876 By Ernest Giles









































































 -  Old Jimmy was
a splendid tracker; indeed, no human being in the world but an
Australian aboriginal, and that a - Page 497
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Old Jimmy Was A Splendid Tracker; Indeed, No Human Being In The World But An Australian Aboriginal, And That A

Half or wholly wild one, could track a camel on some surfaces, for where there is any clayey soil, the

Creature leaves no more mark on the ground than an ant - black children often amuse themselves by tracking ants - and to follow such marks as they do leave, by firelight, was marvellous. Occasionally they would leave some marks that no one could mistake, where they passed over sandy ground; but for many hundreds beyond, it would appear as though they must have flown over the ground and had never put their feet to the earth at all. By the time daylight appeared, old Jimmy had tracked them about three miles; then he went off, apparently quite regardless of any tracks at all, walking at such a pace, that I could only keep up with him by occasionally running. We came upon the camels at length at about six miles from the camp, amongst some dry clay-pans, and they were evidently looking for water. The old cow, which was the only riding camel, was so poor and bony, it was too excruciating to ride her without a saddle or a pad of some sort, which now we had not got, so we took it in turns to ride the bull, and he made many attempts to shake us off; but as he had so much hair on his hump, we could cling on by that as we sat behind it.

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