The Adur was to meet us again at Israelite Bay, about 120 miles to the eastward; and here I resume the extracts from my Diary:-- May 9th.
After collecting the horses, we saddled up and started en route for Israelite Bay, where I had instructed the master of the Adur to meet us.
Bidding good-bye to our kind friends at Esperance Bay, travelled along the north shore for about eleven miles, when we left the coast and steered towards Mount Merivale, and camped at a spring on South-East corner of a salt sake, Mount Merivale bearing North 60 degrees East magnetic; Frenchman's Peak North 150 degrees East magnetic, and Remarkable Island North 196 degrees East magnetic.

The country for the last few miles is beautifully grassed, with numerous brackish streams running through.

Commenced keeping watch this evening, two hours each, from 8 p.m.to 6 o'clock a.m.Marked a tree with the letter F.at our bivouac.
10th.
Travelled nearly due East for twenty-four miles, through scrubby, sandy country without timber.

Remarkable bare granite hills studded in every direction.

Camped at a spring on South-East side of granite hills, resembling a saddle.