We therefore started on foot.

The sun's heat was excessive.

About 3 o'clock returned unsuccessful, and finished what water we had with us.
What next to do was the question; no time was to be lost.

Mr.Gosse's map showed some gullies ahead, but whether there was any water in them was questionable; he states, "Nearly all the waters discovered in the Mann and Tomkinson Ranges were running when left, and from a considerable height." It must have been a good season, and not like this.

We decided to go on foot to a gully about two miles north, which had white gums in it.