The map shows that a journey of more than 200 miles must have been made before the point was reached.

Thence they attempted to make their way round the head of the Bight, but were twice baffled by want of water.

Nothing daunted, Eyre made a third attempt, and succeeded in penetrating fifty miles beyond the head of the Bight.

But the result was achieved only at a cost which the little party could ill sustain.
Four of the best horses perished, which deprived Eyre of the means of carrying provisions, and he had to decide between abandoning the expedition altogether or still further reducing the number of his companions.

Mr.Scott and three men returned to Adelaide, leaving behind a man named Baxter, who had long been in Eyre's employ as an overseer or factotum; the two natives who had first started with him, and a boy, Wylie, who had before been in Eyre's service, and who had been brought back in the cutter.
Six months after Eyre had started from Adelaide, he was left with only four companions to continue the journey.