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being at the time hazy, with a fresh breeze of wind 
from the S.S.E. We had not been above an hour 
on the march, when it came on to snow; we con- 
tinued on our way, however, until nearly eight 
o'clock, thinking that it would, perhaps, clear 
up; but, on finding then that there was no ap- 
pearance of it, we pitched our tents to secure a dry 
spot before it was too late. 
Wednesday, 14th. —'The weather having cleared 
up about four o’clock, we began immediately to 
prepare for our journey, and in rather less than 
twenty minutes we were again on the march. 
About five o’clock, the atmosphere became fine and 
clear, so that we had an excellent view of the 
rocky precipices on the north side of Liddon’s 
Gulf; and shortly after we saw Table Hill, which 
we kept in sight, and towards which we directed 
our course until we stopped at eight o’clock. ‘The 
surface of the country which we traversed this 
morning, was, generally speaking, even, but not 
level, for it rose gradually as we went along to 
the southward and eastward. <A very considerable 
portion, I think, indeed, nearly one half the sur- 
face of the land, is now clear of snow. 
This has been one of the finest days we have 
had this summer, for it was for some part of 
the time warmer than we could wish it. Our 
latitude, at noon, was 74° 53’ 55” N., and with 
respect to our longitude, it is not an object 
worth being mentioned now, as we are so near 
Table Hill, that we expect to reach it in our next 
journey. We started again a little before six 
o’clock in the evening, and directed our course, 
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