The country was generally very grassy, although in some places rather thickly wooded.

McLarty was very foot-sore from heavy and long walking.

By meridian altitude of Arcturus, camp is in latitude 31 degrees 45 minutes South, and longitude 128 degrees 2 minutes East.
30th.
Hearing the horses make off, I roused Billy and brought them back; they had gone two miles.

Packed up, and steering in an east direction over generally very grassy country with occasional mallee thickets, for about twenty-two miles, we came to a splendidly-grassed rise, and found a fine rock water-hole on it, containing about 100 gallons, which our horses soon finished being fearfully in want, the day being very warm.

We are now only thirty miles from Eucla.