*Ø* Blogmanac August 14, 1773 | Dr Johnson meets Mrs Boswell
Dr Samuel Johnson, the great lexicographer of the English language, while visiting Edinburgh, met his biographer James Boswell's wife, who complained of his manners and her husband's relationship with him. He wrote, "I have seen many a bear led by a man, but I never before saw a man led by a bear."

Boswell’s Life of Johnson

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August 14, 1861 William Landsborough began the relief expedition for the missing Australian explorers Burke and Wills.

Last days of Burke and Wills
“After their return to the Cooper, the men became increasingly dependent on the generosity of the local Yantruwanta people, who brought them fish and cakes of nardoo, an edible seed. Burke, apparently galled by this dependence on 'inferiors', had jeopardised the relationship by rudely refusing a gift of fish. Left to fend for themselves, the explorers finally found banks of nardoo fern and confined all their efforts to gathering the seed. They failed to understand, however, that nardoo seed, if not correctly prepared, is toxic and robs the body of vitamin B1."

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