BERINYANA GAIPPE. 217 
I thought too much to the northward. The sun set 
by compass W. 24 S. 
November J3. — Guided by the natives, we moved 
onward through a densely scrubby country, and 
were again obliged to keep the men with axes con- 
stantly at work, in advance of the drays to clear the 
road. Our progress was necessarily slow, and the 
work very harassing to the horses ; fortunately the 
stage was not a very long one, and in fourteen miles 
we reached 44 Berinyana gaippe,” a small hole dug 
by the natives, amongst the sand hummocks of the 
coast, a little north of Point Bell. By enlarging 
this a little, we procured water in great abundance 
and of excellent quality. Our course had been 
generally west by south ; and from our camp, the 
eastern extreme of Point Bell, bore S. 28° W., and 
the centre of the 44 Purdies Islands” E. 49° S. 
November 14. — Upon moving on this morning, 
we were obliged to keep more to the north to avoid 
some salt lakes and low swamps near the coast. 
The natives still accompanied us through a very 
sandy and scrubby country to a watering place 
among some sand hills, which they called 44 Wade- 
mar gaippe.” Here we encamped early, after a stage 
of ten miles, and were enabled to procure abundance 
of good water, at a depth of about four feet below 
the surface. 
There was a large sheet of salt water near our 
camp which seemed to be an inlet of the sea, and 
after a hasty dinner I walked down to examine it. 
