MR.

BROWNE'S RETURN--HIS ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY--CHANGE OF SCENE--CONTINUED RAIN--TOONDA JOINS THE PARTY--STORY OF THE MASSACRE--LEAVE LAKE VICTORIA--ACCIDENT TO FLOOD--TURN NORTHWARDS--CROSS TO THE DARLING--MEET NATIVES--TOONDA'S HAUGHTY MANNER--NADBUCK'S CUNNING--ABUNDANCE OF FEED--SUDDEN FLOODS--BAD COUNTRY--ARRIVAL AT WILLIORARA--CONSEQUENT DISAPPOINTMENT--PERPLEXITY--MR.

POOLE GOES TO THE RANGES--MR.

BROWNE'S RETURN--FOOD OF THE NATIVES--POSITION OF WILLIORARA.
Lake Victoria is a very pretty sheet of water, 24 miles in circumference {DIAMETER in published text}, very shallow, and at times nearly dry.

As I have previously observed of Lake Bonney, it is connected with the Murray by the Rufus, and by this distribution of its waters, the floods of the Murray are prevented from being excessive, or rising above a certain height.
The southern shore of Lake Victoria is very picturesque, as well as the line of the Rufus.