The river -- now Cooper's Creek -- broke up into countless channels running through barren, fissured plains.

Toiling on through these, varied by an interlude of sandhills, Gregory at last reached a better-grassed land, where his famished horses regained a little strength.

He reached Sturt's furthest point, and continued on to the point where Strzelecki's Creek carried off some of the surplus flood waters, and finally lost the many channels amongst the sandhills and flooded plains.

He again struck Strzelecki's Creek and traced it as he then thought, into Lake Torrens, but in reality into Lake Blanche, for the salt lake region had not then been properly delimited.

He reached Baker's recently-formed station, eight miles beyond Mount Hopeless, and thence he went on to Adelaide.
18.2.FRANK T.GREGORY.
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