Chapter 5

FROM MOUNT LYELL--INCREASED TEMPERATURE--MR. POOLE'S RETURN-- HIS REPORT--LEAVE FLOOD'S CREEK--ENTANGLED IN THE PINE FOREST--DRIVE THE CATTLE TO WATER--EXTRICATE THE PARTY--STATE OF THE MEN--MR. POOLE AND MR. BROWNE LEAVE THE CAMP--PROCEED NORTHWARDS--CAPT. STURT LEAVES FOR THE NORTH--RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF WATER--MUDDY CREEK--GEOLOGICAL FORMATION-- GYPSUM--PUSH ON TO THE RANGES--RETURN TO THE CREEK--AGAIN ASCEND THE RANGES--FIND WATER BEYOND THEM--PROCEED TO THE W.N.W.--RETURN TO THE RANGES--ANTS AND FLIES--TURN TO THE EASTWARD--NO WATER--RETURN TO THE CAMP--MR. POOLE FINDS WATER--MACK'S ADVENTURE WITH THE NATIVES--MOVE THE CAMP.