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CHAPTER IV. 
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Make arrangements for getting up stores from the Waterwitch — 
Leave the Party — Salt watercourse — Mount Eyre — Aspect of the 
Country — Lake Torrens — Return towards the Hills — Native Female 
— Saline character of the Country — Mount Deception — Reach the 
eastern hills— Large watercourses — Water hole in a rock — Grassy 
but hilly country — Running stream — Ascend a range — Return 
homewards — Decay of trees in the watercourses — Shoot a Kangaroo 
— Arrive at the depot — Bury stores — Make preparations for leaving 
— Send despatches to the Vessel . . .54 
CHAPTER Y. 
Break up the encampment— Arrive at Depot Pool — Geological character 
of the country — Barometers out of order — Advance to reconnoitre — 
Ascend Termination Hill— Surprise native women — They abandon 
their children — Ineffectual search for water — Return towards Mount 
Deception — Broken character of the country — Find water — The 
Scott — Rejoin the party — Water all used at the depot — Embarrass- 
ing circumstances — Remove to the Scott — Reconnoitre in advance — 
Barren country — Table-topped elevations — Indications of the violent 
action of water — Meet Natives — Reach Lake Torrens — The water 
salt — Obliged to return — Arrival at depot — Hostile demonstrations 
of the Natives. . . . .82 
CHAPTER VI. 
Cause of hostility of the Natives — Well sunk unsuccessfully — Overseer 
sent to the east — The Scott examined — Rock Wallabies — Overseer’s 
return — Another visit to Lake Torrens — Boggy character of its 
bed — Extraordinary effects of mirage and refraction — Return to the 
camp — Supply of water exhausted — Leave the depot — The Mundy — 
The Burr — Mount Serle— Lake Torrens to the East — Melancholy 
prospects .... 102 
CHAPTER VII. 
Excursion to the North-east— Trace down the Frome — Water becomes 
salt — Pass beyond the ranges — Cockatoos seen — Heavy rains — Dry 
watercourses — Mount Distance — Brine springs — Mount Hopeless — 
Termination of Flinders Range — Lake Torrens to the north and to 
the east — All further advance hopeless— Young Emus caught — 
Rejoin Party — Move back towards Mount Arden— Loss of a horse — 
Arrive at the depot — Plans for the future — Take up stores — Prepare 
for leaving . . . 121 
