...save a few miles, a middle route was selected — one that was seldom traveled by any thing but mules. The old proverb, " the longest way round is the shortest way home," was fully realized. We had a hard day's work of it, and were forced to bridge two bog holes, to say...

...our return journey that I thought I could not go wrong in trying for a better track. As it turned out the old proverb " The longest way round is the shortest way home " once more proved its truth. Here a basalt dyke cuts through the range, so I ran the gully into a...