These Two Men Remained With Us Until Dark, But As The Evening Appeared Likely To Be Wet, They Left Us Also, When We Lay Down For The Night.

January 9.

- The morning set in cold, dark and rainy, and as much wet had fallen during the night, we had been thoroughly drenched through, our fire had been extinguished, and it was long before we could get it lit again, and even then we could hardly keep it in; the few bushes among the sand hills were generally small, and being for the most part green as well as wet, it required our utmost efforts to prevent the fire from going out; so far indeed were we from being either cheered or warmed by the few sparks we were able to keep together, that the chill and comfortless aspect of its feeble rays, made us only shiver the more, as the rain fell coldly and heavily upon our already saturated garments. About noon the weather cleared up a little, and after getting up and watering the horses, we collected a large quantity of firewood and made waterproof huts for ourselves. The rain, however, was over, and we no longer required them.

Chapter XIV.

PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD - CLIFFS OF THE GREAT BIGHT - LEVEL NATURE OF THE INTERIOR - FLINTS ABOUND - RETURN TO YEER-KUMBAN-KAUWE - NATIVES COME TO THE CAMP - THEIR GENEROUS CONDUCT - MEET THE OVERSEER - RETURN TO DEPOT - BAD WATER - MOVE BACK TO FOWLER'S BAY - ARRIVAL OF THE GUTTER HERO - JOINED BY THE KING GEORGE'S SOUND NATIVE - INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO THE HERO - DIFFICULTY OF FIXING UPON ANY FUTURE PLAN - BREAK UP THE EXPEDITION AND DIVIDE THE PARTY - MR.

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