In the following year Mr.Gosse, at the head of a party equipped by the South Australian Government, started from nearly the same point of the telegraph line, and at the same period as the Warburton expedition, but was compelled to return after eight months' absence, having reached longitude 126 degrees 59 minutes.

Gosse found the country generally poor and destitute of water.

He was perhaps unfortunate in experiencing an unusually dry season; but his deliberate conclusion was, "I do not think a practicable route will ever be found between the lower part of Western Australia and the telegraph line." VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS.
At the instance of Baron Von Mueller, and assisted by a small subscription from the South Australian Government, Mr.Giles made a second attempt to penetrate westward.

He reached the 125th degree of east longitude, and discovered and traversed four distinct mountain ranges, on one of which Mr.Gosse shortly afterwards found his tracks.

One of his companions, Mr.Gibson, lost his way and perished in the desert, and therefore Mr.Giles turned his face eastwards, and, after an absence of twelve months, reached Adelaide.