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the morrow — “ sufficient (literally so to them) for 
the day is the evil thereof.” 
In our route to-day instead of following round the 
sea-shore, we struck across behind the sand-hills, 
from “ Yeerkumban-kauwe” to the water we had 
first found on the 7th of January, and in doing so 
we passed along a large but shallow salt-water lake, 
which the natives had pointed to on the evening of 
the 7th, when I made inquiries relative to the ex- 
istence of salt water inland. The margin of this 
lake was soft and boggy, and we were nearly losing 
one of our horses which sank unexpectedly in the 
mud. About noon we arrived at the camp, from 
which I had sent the man back on the 6th, and 
having picked up the water and other things left 
there, proceeded to the sand-hills near which we had 
halted during the intense heat of that day. We 
now rested for several hours, and again moved on- 
wards about eleven at night to avoid the great heat 
of the day whilst crossing the sandy country before 
us. 
January 15. — At sunrise we arrived at the undu- 
lating plains, where twenty gallons of water had 
been left buried for us. Here I found the overseer 
with two fresh horses, according to the instructions 
I had sent him on the 6th, by the man who returned. 
After resting for an hour or two, I set off with the 
native boy upon the fresh horses, and rode to the 
water at the sand-drifts, leaving the overseer to 
bring on the tired animals the next day. It was 
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