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could drink. I took angles from the camp to all 
the hills in sight, and at night made the latitude 
of the tent 33° 18' 34" S. by an altitude of a Cygnus. 
September 26. — After travelling for thirteen miles 
at S. 40° W., I took a set of angles from a low 
scrubby hill, being the last opportunity I should 
have of setting many of the heights, of which I had 
obtained bearings from former camps. I then 
changed our course to S. 27° W. for five miles, and 
halted for the night where there was good grass. 
We could find no water during the day ; 1 had, 
consequently, to give the horses some out of the 
casks. The country we traversed had altered greatly 
in character, and though still heavy and sandy, it 
was a white coarse gritty sand, instead of a fine 
red ; and instead of the dense eucalyptus scrub, 
we had now low heathy shrubs which did not pre- 
sent much impediment to the progress of the dray, 
and many of which bore very beautiful flowers* 
Granite was frequently met with during the day, 
but no water could be found. Our latitude by an 
altitude of a Aquilse was 33° 30' S. 
September 27. — Continuing our last night’s course 
for about seven miles, we passed through the 
densest scrub I had yet met with ; fortunately, it 
was not growing upon a sandy soil, and we got 
tolerably well through it, but the horses suffered 
severely. Upon emerging from the brush, I noticed 
a little green looking valley, about a mile off our 
track, and sent Mr. Scott to see if there was water 
