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CHAPTER VIII. 
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Proceed to the Westward — Channel of communication between Lake 
Torrens and Spencer’s Gulf — Baxter’s Range — Divide the Party — 
Route towards Port Lincoln — Scrub— Fruitless search for water — 
Send dray back for water — Plundered by the Natives — Return of 
dray — Dense scrub — Refuge Rocks — Dense scrub — Salt creek — 
Mount Hill — Dense scrub — Large watercourse — Arrive at a Station 
— Rich and grassy valleys — Character of Port Lincoln Peninsula — 
Unable to procure supplies — Engage a boat to send over to Adelaide 
— Buy sheep . . . .136 
CHAPTER IX. 
Boy speared*by the Natives — Anomalous state of our relations with 
the Aborigines — Mr. Scott sails for Adelaide — Dog bought — Mr. 
Scott’s return — Cutter Waterwitch sent to co-operate — Send her to 
Streaky Bay — Leave Port Lincoln with the dray — Level sandy 
country clothed with brush and shrubs — Salt Lakes — Mount Hope — 
Lake Hamilton — Stony country — Lose a dog — Better country — 
Wedge Hill — Lake Newland — A boat harbour— Mount Hall — 
Rejoin Party at Streaky Bay— Singular spring — Character of 
country — Beds of Oysters . . . 163 
CHAPTER X. 
Country between Streaky Bay and Baxter’s Range — Its scrubby 
character — Gawler Range — Mount Sturt — Ascend a peak — Salt 
Lakes — Beautiful Flower — Ascend another hill — Mount Brown seen 
— Extensive View to the North — Lake Gilles — Baxter’s Range . 19S 
CHAPTER XI. 
Embark stores— Party leave Streaky Bay — Dense scrub — Point 
Brown — Singular well — Process of change in appearance of country 
— Dig for water — Friendly Natives — Extraordinary Rite — Native 
guides — Leipoa’s nest — Denial Bay — Beelimah Gaippe — Kangaroo 
killed — More Natives — Berinyana Gaippe — Salt Lakes — Wademar 
Gaippe — Sandy and scrubby country — Mobeela Gaippe — Difficulty of 
getting water — More Natives — Genuine hospitality — Singular marks 
on the abdomen — Natives leave the Party — Fowler’s Bay — Excel- 
lent Whaling Station. . • . 206 
