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REACH GAWLER TOWN. 
should call for our exertions. The result we were 
willing to leave in the hands of that Almighty 
Being whose blessing had been implored upon our 
undertaking, and to whom we looked for guidance 
and protection in all our wanderings. 
June 19. — On mustering the horses this morning it 
was found, that one or two had been turned loose 
without hobbles, and being fresh and high fed from 
the stables, they gave us a great deal of trouble 
before we could catch them, but at last we succeeded, 
and the party moved on upon the road to Gawler 
town, arriving there (12 miles) about noon; at this 
place we halted for half an hour, at the little Inn 
to lunch, and this being the last opportunity we 
should have of entering a house for many months 
to come, I was anxious to give my men the indul- 
gence. After lunch I again moved on the party 
for five miles, crossing and encamping upon, a 
branch of the Parra or Gawler, where we had abun- 
dance of good water and grass. 
June 20. — Having a long stage before us to-day, I 
moved on the party very early, leaving all roads, and 
steering across the bush to my sheep stations upon the 
Light. We passed through some very fine country, 
the verdant and beautiful herbage of which, at this 
season of the year, formed a carpet of rich and 
luxuriant vegetation. Having crossed the grassy and 
well wooded ranges which confine the waters of the 
Light to the westward, we descended to the plain, 
and reached my head station about sunset, after a 
