The plain, over which we splashed the whole of the first day, was covered with water ankle deep, and thick grass which reached above the knees.

In the evening we came to an immense wall of reeds, six or eight feet high, without any opening admitting of a passage.

When we tried to enter, the water always became so deep that we were fain to desist.

We concluded that we had come to the banks of the river we were in search of, so we directed our course to some trees which appeared in the south, in order to get a bed and a view of the adjacent locality.

Having shot a leche, and made a glorious fire, we got a good cup of tea and had a comfortable night.