The Skill, Judgment, And Success With Which The Overseer Conducted The Task Assigned To Him, Fully Justified The Confidence I

Reposed in him; and upon my rejoining the party at Streaky Bay, after an absence of seven weeks, I was

Much gratified to find that neither the men, animals, or equipment, were in the least degree the worse for their passage through the desert.

Chapter XI.

EMBARK STORES - PARTY LEAVE STREAKY BAY - DENSE SCRUE - POINT BROWN - SINGULAR WELL - PROCESS OF CHANGE IN APPEARANCE OF COUNTRY - DIG FOR WATER - FRIENDLY NATIVES - EXTRAORDINARY RITE - NATIVE GUIDES - LEIPOA'S NEST - DENIAL BAY - BEELIMAH GAIPPE - KANGAROO KILLED - MORE NATIVES - BERINYANA GAIPPE - SALT LAKES - WADEMAR GAIPPE - SANDY AND SCRUBBY COUNTRY - MOBEELA GAIPPE - DIFFICULTY OF GETTING WATER - MORE NATIVES - GENUINE HOSPITALITY - SINGULAR MARKS ON THE ABDOMEN - NATIVES LEAVE THE PARTY - FOWLER'S BAY - EXCELLENT WHALING STATION.

November 4. - To-DAY the party were occupied in sorting and packing stores, which I intended to send on board the WATERWITCH to Fowler's Bay, that by lightening the loads upon the drays, we might the more easily force a passage through the dense scrub which I knew we had to pass before we reached that point. In the afternoon the men were engaged in shearing the remainder of our sheep, washing their own clothes and preparing everything for breaking up the camp, whilst I rode down to Streaky Bay, and went on board the cutter to give orders relative to the reception of our stores tomorrow.

The harbour of Streaky Bay is extensive, but generally open to the westward.

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