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bringing the hobbles with him. We were both very 
hungry ; and as we had suffered so much lately 
from eating the horse flesh, we indulged to-night in 
a piece of bread, and a spoonful of flour boiled into 
a paste, an extravagance which I knew we should 
have to make up for by and bye. I had dug for 
water, and procured it at a depth of five feet ; but it 
was too brackish either to drink, or give to our 
horses ; we used it, however, in boiling up our flour 
into paste. The afternoon was exceedingly dark and 
stormy looking, but only a few light showers fell. 
The night then set in cold, with a heavy dew. 
May 16 . — We commenced our journey at day- 
light, travelling along the beach, which was very 
heavy for nine miles, and then halting, at a very 
low part of the coast, to rest the horses. Whilst 
here, I dug for water, and getting it of very fair 
quality, though with an effluvia very like Har- 
rowgate water, I decided upon remaining for the 
day. We were very much fatigued, being weak 
and languid, and like our horses, scarcely able 
to put one foot before the other. From our present 
encampment, some islands were visible at a bearing 
of S. 18 ° E. The tops of the hills, also, to the back, 
were visible above the level bank, which formed the 
continuation of the singular table land extending 
round the Bight, but which was now gradually de- 
clining in elevation, and appeared as if it would 
very shortly cease altogether, so that we might hope 
to have an unobstructed view of the country inland. 
