CHAPTER VII. 
EXCURSION TO THE NORTH-EAST — TRACE DOWN THE 
FROME- WATER BECOMES SALT PASS BEYOND THE 
RANGES COCKATOOS SEEN — HEAVY RAINS —DRY WATER- 
COURSES — MOUNT DISTANCE — BRINE SPRINGS — MOUNT 
HOPELESS TERMINATION OF FLINDERS RANGE LAKE 
TORRENS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST — ALL FUR- 
THER ADVANCE HOPELESS — YOUNG EMUS CAUGHT — RE- 
JOIN PARTY MOVE BACK TOWARDS MOUNT ARDEN 
LOSS OF A HORSE — ARRIVE AT THE DEPOT — PLANS FOR 
THE FUTURE — TAKE UP STORES — PREPARE FOR LEAVING. 
Upon returning to the depot at the Burr, I de- 
cided upon making an excursion to the north-east, 
to ascertain the actual termination of Flinders range, 
and the nature of the prospect beyond it ; not to 
satisfy myself, for a single glance from the eminence 
I had recently occupied at Mount Serle, had for ever 
set my curiosity at rest on these points, but in dis- 
charge of the duty I owed to the Governor, and the 
promoters of the expedition, who could not be ex- 
pected to be satisfied with a bare conjecture on a 
subject which they had sent me practically to de- 
monstrate, however fairly from circumstances the 
conclusions might be deduced at which I had been 
