It ran in nearly a south-west direction to the foot of Mount Lyell.

Here I halted for breakfast; and, on finding my position by cross bearings, which I was now able to do, and comparing it with my position by dead reckoning, was glad to find that the error only amounted to 150 yards.

The valley we travelled up in the morning was fertile, connected with several other large ones of similar character, and contained two small lakes, or large ponds of water, the least of which was elevated considerably above the low ground in the neighbourhood.

In the afternoon we crossed the mountains by a narrow neck, which is the best pass over this range of hills for anyone travelling to the south and east.

We crossed our old track twice in the afternoon and encamped in the evening under a conical hill.
April 10.
Started at dawn, travelling nearly north-west, and crossed the heads of all the streams which I had before seen emptying themselves into the river Glenelg in the opening lying between Mount Sturt and Mount Eyre.
Just under the point where we encamped for the night was a large marsh in which my horse got bogged and I had a severe fall.
CONTINUATION OF ROUTE.
April 11.
On starting this morning all the party insisted that they saw a hill, under which our old track had passed.