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grass which neither the horses nor the sheep would 



eat. 



Aug. 17 th.— This, morning* we commenced to 



prepare our breakfast of horse-flesh. I confess we 

 did not feel much appetite for the repast^ and some 

 would not eat it at all ; but our scruples soon g-ave 

 way beneath the pang's of hung-er^ and at supper 

 every man of the party ate heartily of it, and 

 afterwards each one claimed his share of the mess 

 with g-reat avidity. The country to the north and 

 north-west — the course we intended to pursue — 

 looking" ver}^ rug"g'ed and broken^ we were discou- 

 raged from proceeding- further this day^ as the weak 

 state of our horses prevented us from making- almost 

 any prog-ress. We therefore camped by the side of 

 a small rocky creek, winding- throug-h the mountains 

 in all directions. 



Aug. 18th. — Shortty after starting- this morning* 

 we crossed a creek, running* south-west, M'ith. a few 

 arborescent Callistemons o-rowino- out of the rocks 



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here and there. The horse which Mr. Wall had 

 been ridino- had g-rown so weak that it was unable 

 to travel, even with nothino- to carry but the saddle. 

 As we were passing- nlong* the side of a hill, he fell 

 and rolled down into a g'ull3\ Being* quite a young- 

 horse ^ve thouo-ht he mio-ht reo-ain streng-th, and did 

 not like to kill him, so we left him and proceeded to 

 find a good place for camping*, which we did after 

 travelling" about four miles in the north-west direc- 

 tion, by the side of a fine river, with steep reedy 



