CHAPTER VIII. 
PROCEED TO THE WESTWARD — CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION 
BETWEEN LAKE TORRENS AND SPENCER’S GULF BAXTErV 
RANGE — DIVIDE THE PARTY — ROUTE TOWARDS PORT LIN- 
COLN — 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. 
September 13. — Upon leaving the depot this 
morning I was obliged to leave behind a very large 
tarpaulin which we did not require, and which from 
the extra weight we had last night put upon the 
drays, we could not conveniently carry. Steering to 
the south-west we came at twelve miles to the head of 
Spencer’s Gulf, and crossed the channel connecting it 
with Lake Torrens. At this place it is not very wide, 
but its bed like that of the lake is soft and boggy, 
with salt water mixed with the mud. We had a 
good deal of difficulty in getting over it, and one of 
the drays having stuck fast, we had to unload it, 
carrying the things over on men’s backs. A few 
miles beyond this we halted for the night, where 
there was good grass for the horses and plenty of 
