NATIVE WOMEN--SUDDEN SQUALL--JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD--VIEW FROM MOUNT LYELL--INCREASED TEMPERATURE--MR.

POOLE'S RETURN--HIS REPORT--LEAVE FLOOD'S CREEK--ENTANGLED IN THE PINE FOREST--DRIVE THE CATTLE TO WATER--EXTRICATE THE PARTY--STATE OF THE MEN--MR.

POOLE AND MR.

BROWNE LEAVE THE CAMP--PROCEED NORTHWARDS--CAPT.

STURT LEAVES FOR THE NORTH--RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF WATER--MUDDY CREEK--GEOLOGICAL FORMATION--GYPSUM--PUSH ON TO THE RANGES--RETURN TO THE CREEK--AGAIN ASCEND THE RANGES--FIND WATER BEYOND THEM--PROCEED TO THE W.N.W .-- RETURN TO THE RANGES--ANTS AND FLIES--TURN TO THE EASTWARD--NO WATER--RETURN TO THE CAMP--MR.