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party, holding altogether 65 gallons, and to draw this 
I had our three best draught horses yoked to the 
light cart, being determined to push as far as pos- 
sible to the N. W. before I returned. At first we 
passed over a good road but stony, then over heavy 
red sand ridges, and at night encamped in a gorge 
coming from Termination Hill, where we had excel- 
lent feed for the horses, but no water. The traces of 
natives were numerous and recent, and I imagine 
they must obtain their supply of water at puddles 
in the plains, but we could find none at present. 
The weather was very hot and the flies excessively 
annoying, even at this early period of the year. 
We gave each of the horses three gallons of water 
out of the kegs, after which they fed well ; the hills, 
as we advanced were getting lower, and the sandy 
ridges now wound close under them, and in some 
instances even among them ; still there were many 
birds around us, amongst which cockatoo parrots 
were very numerous. Our stage was about 23 miles. 
August 12. — Steering to the N. W. to a low 
range (the highest summit of which I named 
Mount North-west,) we just kept far enough in 
the plains to intercept the watercourses from the 
hills where they spread into the level country, and 
by this means we got excellent feed for our horses ; 
generally the same rich succulent herbage I have 
mentioned before, occasionally mixed with wild 
oats. It was only in places of this description that 
we could expect to find anything for our horses. In 
