TO THE
CAMP - SUPPLY OF WATER EXHAUSTED - LEAVE THE DEPOT - THE MUNDY - THE
BURR - MOUNT SERLE - LAKE TORRENS TO THE EAST - MELANCHOLY PROSPECTS
CHAPTER VII.
EXCURSION TO THE NORTH-EAST - TRACE DOWN THE FROME - WATER BECOMES
SALT - PASS BEYOND THE RANGES - COCKATOOS SEEN - HEAVY RAINS - DRY
WATERCOURSES - MOUNT DISTANCE - BRINE SPRINGS - MOUNT HOPELESS - TERMINATION
OF FLINDERS RANGE - LAKE TORRENS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST - ALL FURTHER
ADVANCE HOPELESS - YOUNG EMUS CAUGHT - REJOIN PARTY - MOVE BACK TOWARDS
MOUNT ARDEN - LOSS OF A HORSE - ARRIVE AT THE DEPOT - PLANS FOR THE
FUTURE - TAKE UP STORES - PREPARE FOR LEAVING
CHAPTER VIII.
PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD - CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LAKE TORRENS
AND SPENCER'S GULF - BAXTER'S RANGE - DIVIDE THE PARTY - ROUTE TOWARDS PORT
LINCOLN - SCRUB - FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR WATER - SEND DRAY BACK FOR
WATER - PLUNDERED BY THE NATIVES - RETURN OF DRAY - DENSE SCRUB - REFUGE
ROCKS - DENSE SCRUB - SALT CREEK - MOUNT HILL - DENSE SCRUB - LARGE
WATERCOURSE - ARRIVE AT A STATION - RICH AND GRASSY VALLEYS - CHARACTER OF
PORT LINCOLN PENINSULA - UNABLE TO PROCURE SUPPLIES - ENGAGE A BOAT TO SEND
OVER TO ADELAIDE - BUY SHEEP
CHAPTER IX.
BOY SPEARED BY THE NATIVES - ANOMALOUS STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH THE
ABORIGINES - MR. SCOTT SAILS FOR ADELAIDE - DOG BOUGHT - MR. SCOTT'S
RETURN - CUTTER WATERWITCH SENT TO CO-OPERATE - SEND HER TO STREAKY
BAY - LEAVE PORT LINCOLN WITH THE DRAY - LEVEL SANDY COUNTRY CLOTHED WITH
BRUSH AND SHRUBS - SALT LAKES - MOUNT HOPE - LAKE HAMILTON - STONY
COUNTRY - LOSE A DOG - BETTER COUNTRY - WEDGE HILL - LAKE NEWLAND - A BOAT
HARBOUR - MOUNT HALL - REJOIN PARTY AT STREAKY BAY - SINGULAR
SPRING - CHARACTER OF COUNTRY - BEDS OF OYSTERS
CHAPTER X.
COUNTRY BETWEEN STREAKY BAY AND BAXTER'S RANGE - ITS SCRUBBY
CHARACTER - GAWLER RANGE - MOUNT STURT - ASCEND A PEAK - SALT
LAKES - BEAUTIFUL FLOWER - ASCEND ANOTHER BILL - MOUNT BROWN SEEN - EXTENSIVE
VIEW TO THE NORTH - LAKE GILLES - BAXTER'S RANGE
CHAPTER XI.
EMBARK STORES - PARTY LEAVE STREAKY BAY - DENSE SCRUB - 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.
CHAPTER XII.
LAND THE STORES AND SEND THE CUTTER TO DENIAL BAY - PARTY REMOVE TO POINT
FOWLER - LEAVE THE PARTY - BEDS OF LAKES - DENSE SCRUB - COAST
SAND-DRIFTS - FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR WATER - DISTRESS OF THE HORSES - TURN
BACK - LEAVE A HORSE - FIND WATER - REJOIN PARTY - SEND FOR THE
HORSE - COUNTRY AROUND DEPOT - TAKE A DRAY TO THE WESTWARD - WRETCHED
COUNTRY - FALL IN WITH NATIVES - MISUNDERSTAND THEIR SIGNS - THEY LEAVE
US - VAIN SEARCH FOR WATER - TURN BACK - HORSE KNOCKED UP - GO BACK FOR
WATER - REJOIN THE DRAY - COMMENCE RETURN - SEARCH FOR WATER - DRAY
SURROUNDED BY NATIVES - EMBARRASSING SITUATION - BURY BAGGAGE - THREE HORSES
ABANDONED - REACH THE SAND-DRIFTS - UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE
HORSES - SEND FOR FRESH HORSES - SEARCH FOR WATER TO NORTH-EAST - RECOVER
THE DRAY AND STORES - REJOIN THE PARTY AT DEPOT NEAR POINT FOWLER - RETURN
OF THE CUTTER
CHAPTER XIII.
FUTURE PLANS - REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY - SEND THE CUTTER TO
ADELAIDE - REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR - MONOTONOUS LIFE AT CAMP - REMOVE TO
ANOTHER LOCALITY - GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY - FLINT FOUND - AGAIN
ATTEMPT TO REACH THE HEAD OF THE BIGHT - REACH THE SAND-HILLS, AND BURY
FLOUR - FRIENDLY NATIVES - EXHAUSTED STATE OF THE HORSES - GET THE DRAY TO
THE PLAIN - BURY WATER - SEND BACK DRAY - PROCEED WITH
PACK-HORSE - OPPRESSIVE HEAT - SEND BACK PACK-HORSE - REACH THE HEAD OF THE
BIGHT - SURPRISE SOME NATIVES - THEIR KIND
BEHAVIOUR - YEER-KUMBAN-KAUWE - THEIR ACCOUNT OF THE INTERIOR
CHAPTER XIV.
PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD - CLIFF'S 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 CUTTER 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.
