In the afternoon Mr.Scott shot six ducks in the pools, which furnished us with a most welcome addition to our very scanty fare.

For two days previous to this, we had been subsisting solely upon a very limited allowance of dry bread, having only taken fourteen days provisions with us from Baxter's range, which was nearly all expended, whilst we were yet at least two days journey from Port Lincoln.

At night I observed the latitude of our camp, by alpha Aquilae 34 degrees 12 minutes 52 seconds S.by beta Leonis 34 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds S.and assumed the mean of the two, or 34 degrees 12 minutes 43 seconds as the correct one.
October 1 .-- Making an early start we passed at three miles the head of the watercourse we had been encamped upon, and then ascended some scrubby ranges, for about five miles further, when we entered into a narrow tract of good grassy country, which at five miles brought us to Mr.Driver's station; a Mr.Dutton was living at this place as Mr.Driver's manager, and by him we were very hospitably received, and furnished with such supplies as we required.
[Note 11: In 1842, Mr.Dutton attempted to take some cattle overland, from this station to the head of Spencer's Gulf; both he and his whole party perished in the desert, (as supposed) from the want of water.

In October of that year, I was sent by Government to search for their remains, but as it was the dry season, I could not follow up their tracks through the arid country they had advanced into.

The cattle returned.] It was a cattle station, and abounded with milk and butter, luxuries which we all fully enjoyed after our long ramble in the wilds.