CHAPTER XIII. 
FUTURE PLANS — REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY— 
SEND THE CUTTER TO ADELAIDE REPORT TO THE 
GOVERNOR — MONOTONOUS LIFE AT CAMP — REMOVE TO 
ANOTHER LOCALITY GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE 
COUNTRY — FLINT FOUND AGAIN ATTEMPT TO REACH 
THE HEAD OF THE BIGHT REACH THE SAND HILLS, AND 
BURY FLOUR — FRIENDLY NATIVES — EXHAUSTED STATE 
OF THE HORSES — GET THE DRAY TO THE PLAIN — BURY 
WATER — SEND BACK DRAY — PROCEED WITH PACK-HORSE 
OPPRESSIVE HEAT — SEND BACK PACK-HORSE — REACH 
THE HEAD OF THE BIGHT — SURPRISE SOME NATIVES 
THEIR KIND BEHAVIOUR — YEER-KUMBAN KAUEE — THEIR 
ACCOUNT OF THE INTERIOR. 
December 17. — Haying now maturely considered 
the serious position I was in, the difficult nature of 
the country, the reduced condition and diminished 
number of my horses, and the very unfavourable 
season of the year, I decided upon taking advantage 
of a considerate clause in the Governor’s letter, 
authorizing me “ to send back the Waterwitch to 
Adelaide for assistance, if required.” 
From the experience I had already had, and 
from the knowledge I had thus acquired of the cha- 
racter of the country to the westward and to the 
north, it was evident that I could never hope to take 
my whole party, small as it was, with me in either 
