We were here obliged to dismount and walk.

The day being insufferably hot, it was no pleasant task to climb under such exposure to an elevation of nearly 500 feet.

We had frequently to take breath during our ascent, and reached the summit of the hill somewhat exhausted.

The view was precisely similar to that we had overlooked from the opposite point, which bore W.by N.from us.
Again the two little peaks were visible to the N.N.W., and after taking bearings of several distant points, we descended, as I had determined on returning for the night to the creek we had passed in the morning, and tracing it into the hills on my way to the westward.

Accordingly, on the following morning we commenced our journey up it at an early hour, not knowing where we should next find the water.