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Resuming, we passed Mount Margaret and started towards the table hill seen previously, bearing North 73 degrees East magnetic, apparently about eighteen miles distant, over a series of dry salt marshes, with sandy country and spinifex intervening.
After travelling eight miles, we bivouacked without water on a small patch of feed.
With the pocket sextant I found this spot to be in south latitude about 28 degrees 50 minutes, and longitude about 122 degrees 11 minutes East. MOUNT WELD. July 1st. After journeying towards the table hill seen yesterday for six miles, crossed a large brook heading south-west, in which we found a small pool of rain-water, and rested an hour to breakfast.
Resuming for about six miles, reached the table hill, which I ascended and took a round of angles.
I have since named this hill Mount Weld, being the farthest hill seen eastward by us.
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