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CHAPTER V
9/18

Having found a puddle of water in the plains, I halted for the night, our stage having been about twenty miles.
August 6 .-- We again passed many of those singular hollows fronted by the high steep banks of the upper levels, and then crossed some low ironstone ridges to a channel emanating from Mount Deception range.

This I traced through the hills to the westward without finding any water, and then following down the Mount Deception range in its western slopes, I examined all the watercourses coming from it; in one, which I named The Scott, after my young friend and fellow traveller, I found a large hole of rain water among the rocks, and at this I halted to rest and feed the horses.

The latitude of the water in The Scott was 30 degrees 32 minutes S.Pushing on again, late in the afternoon, I reached our camp of the 2nd August, quite tired, and the horses much fatigued, the puddle of water we had found here on our outward course was now nearly all dried up.
August 7 .-- Making an early start I returned to the Depot Pool, and found the party all well.

They were, however, just preparing to move away, as the water was nearly all gone.

The drays were packed and everything ready when I arrived; they had tried to obtain water by digging, but had failed, having been stopped by hard rock.
I was now in a very awkward dilemma.


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