Is there an overt contradiction between 'As the explorer Ernest Giles put it, the explorer's experience is a  baptism worse than that of fire'the baptism of no water. ' and 'Giles said an explorer's experience is like a funeral.'
As the explorer Ernest Giles put it, the explorer's experience is a  baptism worse than that of fire'the baptism of no water. ###Giles said an explorer's experience is like a funeral.