The ground became so heated that the bullocks pawed it to get to a cool bottom, every time they stopped to rest.

The upper leathers of Mack's shoes were burnt as if by fire, and Lewis's back was sadly blistered.

The dogs lost the skin off the soles of their feet, and poor Fingall, one of our best, perished on the road.
Amidst all the sufferings of the other animals the sheep thrived exceedingly well under Tampawang's charge who was a capital shepherd.
Their fleeces were as white as snow, and some of them were exceedingly fat.

On the 3rd I sent Mr.Stuart to the Magnetic hill, Mount Arrowsmith, to verify Mr.Poole's bearings, in consequence of the great deviation of the compass from its true point, and also to sketch in that isolated group of hills; but as he found the same irregularity in his compass, I did not trust to the bearings either he or Mr.Poole had taken.

The rock of which that hill was composed is a compact sandstone, with blocks of specular iron ore scattered over it, highly magnetic.
In the hope that a ride would do both my officers good, I sent them on the 4th to trace the creek up, and to fix on our next halting place.