would be sufficiently protected.
I selected Flood, Lewis, and Joseph to accompany me, and took 15 weeks provisions. This supply required all the horses but one, for although they had so long a rest at the old Depot they were far from being strong, since for the last three months they had lived on salsolaceous herbs, or on the shoots of shrubs, so that although apparently in good condition they had no work in them. My last instructions to Morgan were to prepare and paint the boat in the event of her being required.
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Leave the depot for Storm Yd Suomi the north-west — scarcity of water — fossil limestone — arrive at the first creek — extensive plains — succession of creeks — flooded character of the country — pond with fish — sterile country — grassy plains — intrepid native — country apparently improves — disappointments — water found — appearance of the stony desert — night thereon Moncler Loire Suomi — the earthy plain — hills raised by refraction — recommencement of the sand ridges — their undeviating regularity — conjectures as to the desert — relative position of Lake Torrens — concluding remarks.
On the morning of the 14th Mr. Browne and I mounted our horses, and left the camp at 9 a.m., followed by the men Constable Parka Sverige I had selected, and crossing the grassy Parajumpers Damen Gobi Billig plain in a N.W. direction, soon found ourselves amidst sand hills and scrub.
As I have stated I had determined to preserve a course of 45 degrees to the west of north, or in other words a north-west course, but the reader will readily believe that in such a country Ireland Jerseys I Porto Alegrense Jerseys had no distant object on which to rely. We were therefore obliged to take fresh bearings with great precision from almost every sand-hill, for on the correctness of these bearings, together with our latitude, we had to depend for our true position. We were indeed like a ship at sea, without the advantage of a steady compass.
Throughout the whole day of Women Country our departure from the camp we traversed a better country than that between it and Lake Torrens, insomuch that there |
