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Mount Hall.* The road being very heavy, it was 
late when we arrived there, and both our horses and 
sheep were much fatigued. We got a little water 
from holes in the sheets of granite, and had very 
good grass in an opening under the hill. 
From the summit of Mount Hall the view was ex- 
tensive, and I obtained many angles. The surround- 
ing country was low, level, and barren, and densely 
covered with scrub, among which, to the north-west 
were seen many salt-water lakes. At intervals a few 
elevations were seen amidst this low waste, appa- 
rently similar to the hill we were upon, among them 
were one or two very distant at a little N. of E., and 
nearer, one at E. 16° N. ; the latter I named Mount 
Cooper.f At a bearing of S. 35° W. another salt- 
water inlet was seen apparently communicating with 
the sea ; but this we could not satisfactorily ascertain 
from its great distance. The latitude of Mount 
Hall, deduced from observations of a Lyrse and a 
Aquike, was 33° 2' 40" S. Several native fires were 
seen to the east and south-east in the scrub. 
November 3. — After seeing the party ready to move 
on, I left Mr. Scott to conduct the dray, whilst I rode 
forward in advance to the depot near Streaky Ba}% 
where I arrived early in the afternoon, and was de- 
lighted to find the party all well, and everything 
going on prosperously. They had expected me some 
* After G. Hall, Esq. the Governor’s Private Secretary, 
f After Charles Cooper, Esq. the Judge of the colony. 
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