The party had fallen in with a small tribe of natives, for whom Flood had shot an emu.

Mr.
Stuart informed me that they were very communicative; but their language was unknown to him.

He understood from them that they intended to visit the camp in a couple of days; but as I had some doubts on this head, and was anxious to establish a communication, and induce them to return with me to the camp, I rode on the 5th with Mr.Browne across the plain, at the farther extremity of which they were encamped near a little muddy puddle.

Flood and Joseph in the light cart accompanied us.
Great as the heat had been, it appeared rather to increase than diminish.
The wind constantly blew from the E.S.E.in the morning, with the deep purple tint to the west I have already had occasion to notice.

It then went round with the sun, and blew heavily at noon; but gradually subsided to a calm at sunset, and settled in the west, the same deep tint being then visible above the eastern horizon which in the morning had been seen in the west.