I could not but reproach both him and Toonda for having so deceived me; but the latter said he had been away a long time and that there was plenty of grass when he left.

Nadbuck, on the other hand, said he derived his information from others, and only told me what they told him.

Be that as it may, it was impossible for me to remain in such a place, and I therefore turned back towards the Darling, and pitched my tents at its junction with the Williorara.
For three or four days prior to our arrival at Laidley's Ponds, the upward course of the river had been somewhat to the west of north.

The course of Laidley's Ponds was exceedingly tortuous, but almost due west.
The natives explained to us that it served as a channel of communication between two lakes that were on either side of it, called Minandichi and Cawndilla.

They stated that the former extended between the Darling and the ranges, but that Cawndilla was to the westward at the termination of Laidley's Ponds, by means of which it is filled with water every time the Darling rose; but they assured me that the waters had not yet reached the lake.