CHAPTER XV. 
RETURN OF MR. SCOTT IN THE HERO — MR. SCOTT AGAIN 
SAILS FOR ADELAIDE —COMMENCE JOURNEY TO THE WEST- 
WARD — OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL AT THE SAND-HILLS LARGE 
FLIES — TAKE ON THE SHEEP — LEAVE THE OVERSEER WITH 
THE HORSES — REACH YEERKUMBAN KAUWE — JOINED BY 
THE OVERSEER— TORMENTING FLIES AGAIN — MOVE ON 
WITH THE SHEEP — LEAVE OVERSEER TO FOLLOW WITH THE 
HORSES — CHARACTER OF COUNTRY ALONG THE BIGHT — 
SCENERY OF THE CLIFFS— LEAVE THE SHEEP — ANXIETY 
ABOUT WATER REACH THE TERMINATION OF THE CLIFFS 
— FIND WATER. 
February 24. — This being the day I had ap- 
pointed to enter upon the arduous task before me, I 
had the party up at a very early hour. Our loads 
were all arranged for each of the horses ; our blan- 
kets and coats were all packed up, and we were in the 
act of burying in a hole under ground the few 
stores we could not take with us, when to our sur- 
prise a shot was heard in the direction of Fowler’s 
Bay, and shortly after a second ; we then observed 
two people in the distance following up the dray 
tracks leading to the depot. Imagining that some 
whaler had anchored in the bay, and being anxious 
to prevent our underground store from being noticed, 
we hastily spread the tarpaulins over the hole, so 
that what we were about could not be observed, and 
then fired shots in reply. 
