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reach the depot. 
as much as sufficed for ourselves and horses. At 
this camp I observed the variation to be 7° 24' E. 
July 3. — During the night our horses had ram- 
bled a little, so that we could not get away early, and 
as we had a long stage before us we were obliged to 
push on to a late hour. At dark we arrived at my 
former depot near Mount Arden, and took up our 
old position in the dry bed of the watercourse, at the 
base of the hills from which it emanated ; but we had 
still to send the horses a mile and a half further up 
the gorge, over a hilly and stony road, before we 
could either get water for ourselves or them ; it was 
therefore very late when the men returned, and the 
whole party were a good deal fatigued, having tra- 
velled from Adelaide to Mount Arden in 14 days, 
(deducting the two days in camp at the Light.) I 
now ascertained the latitude of the depot to be 
32° 14' S. 
July 4. — Having mustered the horses this morn- 
ing, I ordered an arrangement to be entered into for 
taking them to the water twice a day, and bringing- 
down the supply required for the use of the party. 
Each person undertook this duty in turn, and thus 
the labour was divided. After breakfast I went 
up myself to examine the state of the water and 
found great abundance in its bed ; there were 
strong traces of recent and high flooding, the drift 
timber being lodged among the bushes several feet 
above the ordinary channel. The grass I was sorry 
to find was rather old and dry, but still there was a 
