For the next three miles and a half, our route lay over a rich swampy grassy land, and we were literally walking all the way in water left by the rains; besides crossing in that distance two fresh water streams, running strongly towards the sea, and both emptying into small lakes seen under the coast ridges.

The largest of these two was one yard and a half wide and a foot deep, and appeared of a permanent character.
We now ascended an undulating and rather more elevated tract of country of an oolitic limestone formation, most luxuriantly clothed with the richest grass, and having several lakes interspersed among the hollows between the ridges.

Near this we halted for the night under some of the coast sand-hills, after a day's stage of twelve miles.

We had splendid feed for our horses, but were without any water for ourselves, being unable to carry any with us, as the canteens were full of treacle.

From our camp, a peak, near Cape le Grand, bore E.33 degrees S.
June 18 .-- During the night heavy showers had fallen, and in the oilskins we caught as much water as sufficed for our tea.