CREEK--PASS THE NATIVE WELL--RECROSS THE STONY DESERT--FIND ANOTHER WELL WITHOUT WATER--NATIVES--SUCCESSFUL FISHING-- VALUE OF SHEEP--DECIDE ON A RETREAT--PROPOSE THAT MR.

BROWNE SHOULD LEAVE--HIS REFUSAL TO DESERT THE PARTY--MR.

BROWNE'S DECISION--PREPARE TO LEAVE THE CAMP--REMARKS ON THE CLIMATE-- AGAIN LEAVE THE DEPOT--SINGULAR EXPLOSION--DISCOVER A LARGE CREEK--PROCEED TO THE NORTH--RECURRENCE OF SAND RIDGES--SALT WATER LAKE--AGAIN STRIKE THE STONY DESERT--ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT.
CHAPTER II THE HORSES--ASCEND THE HILLS--IRRESOLUTION AND RETREAT-- HORSES REDUCED TO GREAT WANT--UNEXPECTED RELIEF--TRY THE DESERT TO THE N.E .-- FIND WATER IN OUR LAST WELL--REACH THE CREEK--PROCEED TO THE EASTWARD--PLAGUE OF FLIES AND ANTS-- SURPRISE AN OLD MAN--SEA-GULLS AND PELICANS--FISH--POOL OF BRINE--MEET NATIVES--TURN TO THE N.E .-- COOPER'S CREEK TRIBE, THEIR KINDNESS AND APPEARANCE--ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE PLAINS-- TURN BACK--PROCEED TO THE NORTHWARD--EFFECTS OF REFRACTION-- FIND NATIVES AT OUR OLD CAMP AND THE STORES UNTOUCHED-- COOPER'S CREEK, ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION.
CHAPTER III CONTINUED DROUGHT--TERRIFIC EFFECT OF HOT WIND--THERMOMETER BURSTS--DEATH OF POOR BAWLEY--FIND THE STOCKADE DESERTED-- LEAVE FORT GREY FOR THE DEPOT--DIFFERENCE OF SEASONS-- MIGRATION OF BIRDS--HOT WINDS--EMBARRASSING POSITION-- MR.

BROWNE STARTS FOR FLOOD'S CREEK--THREE BULLOCKS SHOT-- COMMENCEMENT OF THE RETREAT--ARRIVAL AT FLOOD'S CREEK--STATE OF VEGETATION--EFFECTS OF SCURVY--ARRIVE AT ROCKY GLEN-- COMPARISON OF NATIVE TRIBES--HALT AT CARNAPAGA--ARRIVAL AT CAWNDILLA--REMOVAL TO THE DARLING--LEAVE THE DARLING--STATE OF THE RIVER--OPPRESSIVE HEAT--VISITED BY NADBUCK--ARRIVAL AT MOORUNDI.
CHAPTER IV REMARKS ON THE SEASON--DRY STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE-- THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS--WINDS IN THE INTERIOR--DIRECTION OF THE RANGES--GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS--NON-EXISTENCE OF ANY CENTRAL CHAIN--PROBABLE COURSE OF THE STONY DESERT--WHETHER CONNECTED WITH LAKE TORRENS--OPINIONS OF CAPTAIN FLINDERS-- NO INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE NATIVES--THE NATIVES--THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE--DISPROPORTION BETWEEN THE SEXES--THE WOMEN--CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES--THEIR HABITATIONS--FOOD-- LANGUAGE--CONCLUSION.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEA COAST AND INTERIOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH ITS INTERESTS.
CHAPTER I DUTIES OF AN EXPLORER--GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA--DESCRIPTION OF ITS COAST LINE--SEA MOUTH OF THE MURRAY--ENTERED BY MR.

PULLEN--RISK OF THE ATTEMPT-- BEACHING--ROSETTA HARBOUR--VICTOR HARBOUR--NEPEAN BAY-- KANGAROO ISLAND--KINGSCOTE--CAPT.