I went the first day, sixteen miles, and reached the head of Joachim Creek.

In this distance, I did not, after quitting the environs of the town, pass a house.

The country lay in its primitive state.

For the purpose of obtaining a good road, an elevated arid ridge had been pursued much of the way.

In crossing this, I suffered severely from heat and thirst, and the only place where I saw water was in a rut, which I frightened a wild turkey from partaking of, in order to stoop down to it myself.