CHAPTER XII 
LAND THE STORES AND SEND THE CUTTER TO DENIAL BAY 
PARTY REMOVE TO POINT FOWLER — LEAVE THE PARTY 
BEDS OF LAKES — DENSE SCRUB — COAST SAND DRIFTS — 
FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR WATER DISTRESS OF THE 
HORSES — TURN BACK— LEAVE A HORSE — FIND WATER 
REJOIN PARTY — SEND FOR THE HORSE — COUNTRY 
AROUND DEPOT — TAKE A DRAY TO THE WESTWARD — - 
WRETCHED COUNTRY — FALL IN WITH NATIVES — MISUN- 
DERSTAND THEIR SIGNS — THEY LEAVE US — VAIN SEARCH 
FOR WATER — TURN BACK— HORSE KNOCKED UP GO 
BACK FOR WATER — REJOIN THE DRAY — COMMENCE RE- 
TURN — SEARCH FOR WATER DRAY SURROUNDED BY 
NATIVES — EMBARRASSING SITUATION — BURY BAGGAGE — 
THREE HORSES ABANDONED — REACH THE SAND DRIFTS 
— UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE HORSES — 
SEND FOR FRESH HORSES — SEARCH EOR WATER TO N. E. 
— RECOVER THE DRAY AND STORES — REJOIN THE PARTY 
AT DEPOT NEAR POINT FOWLER RETURN OF THE 
CUTTER. 
November 20. — The wind being favourable for 
the boats landing to-day, I sent the overseer with 
pack-horses to the west side of Fowler’s Bay, to 
bring up some flour and other stores for the use of 
the party ; at the same time I wrote to the master 
of the cutter, to know whether he considered his 
anchorage, at Fowler’s Bay, perfectly safe. His 
reply was, that the anchorage was good and secure if 
