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THE 
TASMANIAN JOURNAL 
OF 
NATURAL SCIENCE. 
JANUARY, 1848. 
Art. XIX. Account of the Exploring Expedition from South 
Australia into the interior of New Holland. By Captain 
Sturt. 
(Continued from page 208.) 
(From the South Australian Gazette.) 
I found on gaining the tents that my fears as to the supply of 
water in the creek had been but too well grounded. The pond Iliad 
left was dry, and Mr. Poole had sunk a well in the middle of the 
creek, from which h*obtained sufficient for the people, the cattle 
watering at a larger pool lower down to the S. E. of us. The 
information, however, that he gave me of his discoveries on the 
Stony Range relieved my mind of all present anxiety; but, before 
I moved the party, I again sent him, with Mr. Stuart, my drafts¬ 
man, to examine the creek more particularly; and Mr. Poole’s 
report being very favourable, we moved to the Rocky Glen on the 
27th, and encamped close to a fine serpentine sheet of water, 
VOL. in. NO. iv. 
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