ather was most favourable, although sometimes freezingly cold when
travelling at night; so much so that to keep ourselves from getting
benumbed Mr. Bourne and I often walked. Being able only to take a small
quantity of water with us Jemmy, who was suffering very much from his
back, injured by the burning, felt often very thirsty but, poor fellow,
we could only spare him a small quantity. The country we saw on this
journey was so bad that I did not wonder at its not being stocked, and
only a few tracks of cattle are to be found on it. The land very level
with poor sandy soil. Where it is not thickly wooded with thick mulga
scrub, which chiefly prevails, it is grassed with triodia and wooded with
rather broad-leaved ironbark, broad-leaved box, and apple-trees. The
apple-trees we had not previously seen on this expedition. The obstacles
against steering were numerous. In my outward route I went more to the
southward than I intended. Coming back I came luckily more to the
northern, and got water sooner than I otherwise would have done. We came
from Camp 67 and returned here in about the following courses: May 10:
12.55 south-south-east for eleven and a half miles to creek; at 1
west-south-west for quarter of a mile down the creek. May 11: 1.50 a.m.
south-south-east for twenty-five and a quarter miles. Started again at 12
a.m., 7.30 east for nineteen miles to creek; 10.5 south-south-east for
five miles down the creek. Length of outward route sixty-one miles.
Returning: started at 8.40 yesterday morning; 5 p.m. north-west and by
west to outward route; 12.8 a.m. north-west for sixteen miles.

May 13.

Started at seven this morning north-north-west half north for five miles
to this camp. Length of return route forty-three miles. I made the
meridian altitude of the sun here A.H. 89 degrees 30 minutes; the
latitude 26 degrees 38 minutes.

May 14.

We intended proceeding down the creek today, but when we had got the
horses ready to start we found that Jemmy was suffering so much pain from
the sore on his side and back that he could not proceed. When we were
endeavouring to persuade him to try and go on he asked us to go ourselves
and leave him behind. Yesterday evening I dressed his sores with pomatum
and put a bandage round his body. As he supposed the bandage caused him
additional pain we took it off and dusted his sores with flour.

May 15.

Yesterday morning we left Camp 68 at 11.40; it is situated on the west
bank of t