Although none of them exceeded six inches in length, they were very acceptable to men who were living on five pounds of flour only a-week.
The night we stayed here was very dark, and about 11 p.m.the horses which had been turned down the creek by Flood, rushed violently past our fire, as if they had been suddenly alarmed.

They were found at a distance of five miles above us the next morning, but we could never discover why they had taken fright.

Their recovery detained us longer than our usual hour, but at nine we mounted, and, crossing the creek at three-quarters of a mile, ascended a hill, connected with several others by sandy valleys, and saw that the creek, a little below where we crossed it, turned to the west.

We could trace its course, by the trees on its bank, for several miles.

From the hills we descended to a country of a very different character from that which I have been describing.