Sunday, Jul 04, 2010 at 16:52
G'day again Alan,
- Yes, I concur with you. I had forgotten Eriksen's contribution to the argument and it is interesting to note that he does acknowledge the questions and then answers them.
Interesting stuff, how men work in adverse conditions. Giles had long been a critic of Gibson, and in a remote locations never ceasing contact with others can breed discontent. Discontent was a feature of Sturt's 1844-45 attempt to find an inland sea.
Giles' recruitment of Gibson was poor; Stuart repeatedly choose poorly, and so did Sturt. I think their choices were dictated by the limited number of available personnel.
here's a light hearted quote for you of what makes an explorer. Unfortunately I do not know the source.
An explorer is a man who, among his many qualifications must be able to make a pie, shoe himself or his horse, jerk a doggerel verse or two, not for himself, but simply for the benefit or annoyance of others and not necessarily for publication, nor as a guarantee of good faith; ……….to take and make an observation now and again, mend a watch, kill or cure a horse, make a
packsaddle, and understand something of astronomy, surveying,
geography, geology and mineralogy.
Cheers
RM
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