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appearance with the skin fastened over his 

 shoulder was certainly dramatic, rendered 

 more so by his throwing himself on the ground 

 in a state of utter exhaustion. Here the 

 rum came in useful, and after a good tot and 

 some food, he was quite himself again. I 

 think he felt bitterly that he had failed to find 

 the lake, but he had done his best, and no man 

 can do more. 



September 3rd. My knee was still painful 

 and I was quite unfit to march. It was useless 

 to start without knowing where we were going, 

 so after consultation we decided that Smith 

 and Thomson should go ahead and try to find 

 the lake. As it turned out Smith had gone 

 too far east the previous day. 



Lansdown and " Nigger " remained in 

 camp, but Dick, who must have been pretty 

 tired after yesterday's work, refused to leave 

 his master. 



Cutting a strong stick — my daily companion 

 for the rest of the trip — I hobbled down to 

 the river to try and get some fish for ourselves 

 and the dogs. 



There were shoals of humpbacked salmon 

 in the pools, but they were hideous to look at, 

 as the spawning season was coming on. They 

 would not look at a fly or minnow, so I had 

 resort to the worst form of poaching : " snigger- 



