Here, too, the natives approached them in threatening numbers, but through the exercise of tact, peace was preserved.

On the 22nd of June they attacked one tier of the range, and after a steep climb, which caused the death of one horse, they reached the height of 800 feet and camped.

Finding it so hard upon the horses, Forrest left them to rest, and went on foot to discover a road.

But he came upon endless rugged zigzags, which so involved and baffled him that he gave it up in despair, and returned.

He had now, most reluctantly, to abandon the idea of surmounting the range, and to make for the Fitzroy once more.