Should we find water, and the party reach here, there will no doubt be little difficulty in distinguishing the hills.

The country certainly does not answer the description given of his farther westward.

However, I will leave our position geographically for the present, and treat of what is of much more importance to us, namely, the finding of water.

We saddled our horses and continued our search about South-East, over hills and along valleys--the distance or direction I am unable to give--our horses scarcely moving, and ourselves parched with thirst.

The sun was very hot.