We had to cut away sufficient to make an open square, large enough for our packs, and to enable us to lie down, also to remove the huge bunches of spinifex that occupied the space; then, when the stones were cleared away, we had something like a place for a camp.

By this time it was midnight, and we slept, all heartily tired of our day's work, and the night being cool we could sleep in comfort.

Our first thought in the morning was to see how the basins looked.

Mr.Carmichael went up with a keg to discover, and on his return reported that they had all been refilled in the night, and that the trickling continued, but less in volume.

This was a great relief to my mind; I trust the water will remain until I return from those dismal-looking mountains to the west.