CHAPTER IV. 
GO ON BOARD THE MISSISSIPPI WET WEATHER VISIT 
LUCKY BAY — INTERVIEW WITH NATIVES — WYLIE UNDER- 
STANDS THEIR LANGUAGE — GET THE HORSES SHOD — PRE- 
PARE TO LEAVE THE VESSEL — KINDNESS AND LIBERALITY 
OF CAPTAIN ROSSITER RENEW JOURNEY TO THE WEST- 
WARD — FOSSIL FORMATION STILL CONTINUES — SALT WATER 
STREAMS AND LAKES — A LARGE SALT RIVER— CHARACTER 
OF THE COUNTRY. 
June 2. — After watering the horses at a deposit 
left by the rains, in the sheets of granite near us, 
and turning them loose, we piled up our little bag- 
gage, and in less than an hour we were comfortably 
domiciled on board the hospitable Mississippi, — a 
change in our circumstances so great, so sudden, and 
so unexpected, that it seemed more like a dream 
than a reality ; from the solitary loneliness of the 
wilderness, and its attendant privations, we were at 
once removed to all the comforts of a civilised com- 
munity. 
After we had done ample justice to the good cheer 
set before us, by our worthy host, he kindly invited 
us to remain on board as long as we pleased, to re- 
cruit our horses, and told us, that when we felt 
refreshed sufficiently to renew the journey, he 
would supply us with such stores and other articles 
as we might require. I learnt that the Mississippi 
had but recently arrived from France, and that she 
