As far as this point the lay of the sand ridges was N.N.E.and S.S.W.
As Mr.Browne had stated to me, the country to the north was much more open from the point at which we now were than to the west.

A vast plain, indeed, met the horizon in the first direction, and as we rode up it on the 12th, we observed that it was bounded at irregular distances, varying from three to six miles, on either side of us, by low sand hills.

The whole plain was evidently subject to flood, and the travelling in some places was exceedingly heavy.

We had ridden from early dawn until the sun had sunk below the horizon, without seeing any apparent termination to this plain, or the slightest indication of water.

Just as it was twilight we got on a polygonum flat; there being a little sand hill on one side of it, under which I determined to stop for the night.
While the men were tethering the horses on the best part of the flat, where there happened to be a little green grass, Mr.Stuart and I walked up the sand hill; but in the obscure light then prevailing, we could not see any thing distinctly.