Singular To Say, On This Attempt I Found A Place West From The End, The Rawlinson Range, Where There Were Some Rock-Holes On A Grassy Mulga Flat, But We Did Not Require The Water, As The Camels Would Not Drink.

Had I come upon this spot when I was in this region before, it might have saved Gibson and all the horses that were lost with him.

I called this little watered spot, Tommy's Flat; the latitude of it is 24 degrees 52' 3". It bears 9 degrees south of west from a peculiar red sandhill that is visible from any of the hills at the western extremity of the Rawlinson Range; and lies in a flat or hollow between the said red sandhill, and the nearest of a few low stony hills, about four miles farther away to the west. On visiting the Circus, I found the water-hole was full and deep. This was very different from its state when I had seen it last. The recording eagle still was sitting immovable on his crag, Prometheus-like, apparently chained to the rock.

On the 11th of July, the main party having been encamped at Tyndall's Springs for seven days, we departed for Sladen Water, at the Pass of the Abencerrages. All the other places previously mentioned on the range, had plenty of water running on for ever, though at the Pass the supply was rather lower than I had seen it previously. There was, however, quite enough for all our requirements.

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