A death, however, under our circumstances, would have been so truly deplorable an event, that the least illness was sufficient to create alarm.
I can hardly say that I was disappointed on my arrival at Mount Harris, to find its neighbourhood silent and deserted.

I remained, however, under it for the greater part of the next day, and, prior to leaving it, placed a sheet of paper with written instructions against a tree, though almost without a hope that it would remain untouched.
PERPLEXING SITUATION.
A little after sun-set we reached the first small marsh, at which we slept; and on the following morning I crossed the plains of the Macquarie, and joined the party at about fifteen miles from the creek at which I had left it.

I found it in a condition that was as unlooked for by Mr.Hume as it was unexpected by me, and really in a most perplexing situation.
On the day I left him, Mr.Hume only advanced about two miles, in consequence of some derangement in the loads.

Having crossed the creek, he, the next morning, proceeded down its right bank, until it entered the marshes and was lost.

He then continued to move on the outskirts of the latter, and having performed a journey or about eight miles, was anxious to have stopped, but there was no water at hand.