Some of the horses would not go into it, and had to be watered with a canvas bucket.

The supply seemed good, but it only drained in from the sides.

Every time a horse drank we had to clear out the sand for the next; it therefore took until late before all were satisfied.

The country was still open, and timbered with fine black oak, or what is so called in Australia.

It is a species of casuarina, of the same family but distinct from the beautiful desert oak.