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road they had passed over, and having been 
without water last night, stood greatly in need of 
rest. 
In the afternoon Wylie took the rifle to shoot 
some of the swans and ducks around us, but was not 
successful. I remained at the camp, breaking down 
and clearing a passage amongst the shrubs and trees 
which grew in the rocky bed of the watercourse, to 
enable us to get our horses readily across to-morrow. 
Our position bore S. W. from East Mount Bar- 
ren, E. from a bluff range three miles from us, and 
N. 55° E. from some high hills in the direction of 
Middle Mount Barren. The course of the stream 
we were encamped upon being nearly north and 
south. 
June 29. — Having found so much difficulty in 
keeping between the hills and the sea, I determined 
now to keep more inland, and steering W. 20° N., 
headed all ranges in four miles. From this point 
East Mount Barren bore E. 20° N., and as I was now 
clear of hills in front, I changed my course to W. 20° 
S., passing through a barren worthless country for 
eleven miles, and encamping upon a deep ravine, in 
which we procured brackish water. Our horses 
were greatly fagged. From our camp West Mount 
Barren bore S. 41° W. 
June 30. — For the first ten miles to-day we had a 
very bad road, over steep stony ridges and valleys, 
covered for the most part with dense gum scrub. The 
surface was strewed over with rough pebbles or iron- 
