We felt confident we could return if the worst came, although we were over 1000 miles from the settled districts of Western Australia.

The water at our camp was fast drying up, and would not last more than a fortnight.

The next water was sixty miles back, and there seemed no probability of getting eastward.

I knew we were now in the very country that had driven Mr.Gosse back.

I have since found it did the same for Mr.Giles.No time was to be lost.