When we had walked three miles in this direction the table-hill of Captain King bore east by south distant five miles.

We now proceeded parallel to the sea, which was distant one mile through an indifferent country.

This course continued for about five miles, and on the ranges to the eastward the country still appeared to be grassy and good.
RELUCTANCE OF THE MEN TO HASTEN ONWARDS.

DIFFICULTY OF URGING THE PARTY FORWARD.
Although we had walked very slowly many of the party were completely exhausted, and one or two of the discontented ones pretended to be dreadfully in want of water, notwithstanding they carried canteens and had only walked eight miles since leaving the bank of a river; I was therefore obliged to halt, and could not get them to move for three hours.

I am sorry to say that some who should have known much better endeavoured to instil into the minds of the men that it was preferable only to walk a few miles a day and not to waste their strength by long marches; utterly forgetting that most of the party had now only seven or eight pounds of fermented flour left, and that if they did not make play whilst they had strength their eventually reaching Perth was quite hopeless.