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below their haunt, and landed for the night, in hopes that, 
seeing us peaceably disposed, they would have approached 
the tents; but as they kept aloof, we continued our jour- 
ney in the morning. The water, which had risen ten inches 
during the night, had fallen again in the same proportion, 
and we were stopped by shoals shortly after starting. In 
hopes that the return of tide would have enabled us to 
float over them, we waited for it very patiently, but were 
ultimately obliged to drag the boat across a mud-flat of 
more than a quarter of a mile into deeper water; but, after 
a run of about twenty minutes, were again checked by 
sand banks. My endeavours to push beyond a certain 
point were unsuccessful, and I was at length under the 
necessity of landing upon the south shore for the night. 
Some small hummocks were behind us, on the other side 
of which I had seen the ocean from our morning’s position ; 
and whilst the men were pitching the tents, walked over 
them in company with Mr. M‘Leay to the sea shore, 
having struck the coast at Encounter Bay, CapeJarvoise 
bearing by compass S. 81° W. distant between three and 
four leagues, and Kangaroo Island S. E. extremity S. 60° 
W. distant from nine to ten. 
Thirty-two days had elapsed since we had left the depot, 
and I regretted in this stage of our journey, that I could 
not with prudence remain an hour longer on the coast than 
was necessaiy for me to determine the exit of the lake. 
From the angle of the channel on which we were, a bright 
sand-hill was visible at about nine miles distance to the 
E. S. E.; which, it struck me, was the eastern side of the 
passage communicating with the ocean. Having failed in 
our attempts to proceed further in the boat, and the ap- 
