CHAPTER V.

BREAK UP THE ENCAMPMENT--ARRIVE AT DEPOT POOL--GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF

THE COUNTRY--BAROMETERS OUT OF ORDER--ADVANCE TO RECONNOITRE--ASCEND

TERMINATION HILL--SURPRISE NATIVE WOMEN--THEY ABANDON THEIR

CHILDREN--INEFFECTUAL SEARCH FOR WATER--RETURN TOWARDS MOUNT

DECEPTION--BROKEN CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--FIND WATER--THE SCOTT--REJOIN

THE PARTY--WATER ALL USED AT THE DEPOT--EMBARRASSING

CIRCUMSTANCES--REMOVE TO THE SCOTT--RECONNOITRE IN ADVANCE--BARREN

COUNTRY--TABLE-TOPPED ELEVATIONS--INDICATIONS OF THE VIOLENT ACTION OF

WATER--MEET NATIVES--REACH LAKE TORRENS--THE WATER SALT--OBLIGED TO

RETURN--ARRIVAL AT DEPOT--HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE NATIVES.

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