orders of the Commander-in-Chief. This led to his being engaged in the service of landing troops for an attack on New Orleans, against which place and Mobile a large expedition was sent, and, after the repulse of the British, in bringing the wounded from the front. Peace was shortly afterwards proclaimed, and Lieutenant Johnston receiving promotion, was appointed second-lieutenant of his old ship, Asia, which was then under the command of Captain Alexander Skeene, and was employed cruising off the coast of West Florida. On returning home the ship was paid off, and Lieutenant Johnston found himself ashore with no immediate prospect of further active employment. The idea then occurred to him that the opportunity was a good one for paying a visit to his family in Sydney, and obtaining leave of absence, he sailed for New South Wales, and arrived in Sydney in October 1816. Here he received a cordial welcome, and had not been in Sydney long before his services were secured by Governor Lachlan Macquarie for a voyage of discovery in the Government cutter Schnapper. While engaged in this duty, his party were the first settlers to discover a river—known to the Walbanga local people as Bhundoo—that he named the Clyde, and, on returning to Sydney, accompanied the Governor on a visit of inspection to Newcastle and Port Macquarie. During the time they were at the latter place Lieutenant Johnston was instrumental in saving the vessel Lady Nelson from being a total wreck. Subsequently he formed one of an exploring party under Sir John Jamieson, whose object it was to ascertain the source of the Warragamba River, and when his companions decided to return in consequence of the difficulty of travelling over the broken country of the mountains, Lieutenant Johnston pressed on, and himself accomplished the object of the expedition. Later life He contemplated returning to England after the death of his eldest brother George Johnston who died falling from a horse and this being followed not long afterwards by the death of his father, Lieutenant George Johnston. He was induced to abandon his intention of returning to England to resume his duties as an officer in the navy, a decision he arrived at with the greatest reluctance. The affairs of his family, however, required attention, and remaining in Sydney he entered into pastoral and agricultural pursuits in conjunction with his brother David. In this occupation he