The river divides into two branches, one coming from the eastward, and the other from the northward.

It rained hard during our journey, and, by the time we reached the water-hole which Mr.Gilbert had found, we were wet to the skin.
In consequence of the additional fatigues of the day, I allowed some pieces of fat to be fried with our meat.

Scarcely a fortnight ago, some of my companions had looked with disgust on the fat of our stews, and had jerked it contemptuously out of their plates; now, however, every one of us thought the addition of fat a peculiar favour, and no one hesitated to drink the liquid fat, after having finished his meat.

This relish continued to increase as our bullocks became poorer; and we became as eager to examine the condition of a slaughtered beast, as the natives, whose practice in that respect we had formerly ridiculed.
As I had made a set of lunar observations at Skull camp, which I wished to calculate, I sent Mr.Roper up the north branch of the Isaacs to look for water; and, on his return, he imparted the agreeable intelligence, that he had found fine holes of water at about nine or ten miles distant, and that the country was still more open, and abounded with game, particularly emus..