for the last 10 miles over barren stony plains, had lost their shoes, and were suffering greatly. Mr. Poole, therefore, stopped at this place, and on consulting with Mr. Browne, determined to return to the camp without delay. Accordingly on the following morning he rode to the hills with Mr. Browne, leaving Mack with the other horses to await his return, and at 10 a.m. ascended the range. The view from it was not at all encouraging. The hills appeared to trend to the N.E., and were all of them flat-topped and treeless. The country to the west and north-west was dark with scrub, and the whole region Spania Drakt Barn barren and desolate. After Halpa Miehet Realization Takki taking bearings, Mr. Poole descended, returned to the creek Halpa Moncler Untuvatakki Miehet on which he had left Mack, and as I have already stated, reached the camp on the evening of the 25th.
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It will be obvious to the reader that the great danger I had to apprehend was that of having my retreat cut off from the failure of water in my rear; or if I advanced without first of all exploring the country, of losing the greater number of my cattle. It may be said that my officers had now removed every difficulty; but notwithstanding that Mr. Poole was sanguine in his report of the probable permanency of the water he had found, I hesitated whether to advance or not; Halpa Miehet Windstopper Takki but considering that under all circumstances the water they had found would still be available for a considerable time, and that it would enable me Paul Pogba Drakt to push still further to the north, I decided on moving forward at once; but the weather was at this time so terrifically hot, that I hardly dared move whilst it continued, more especially as we had Detroit Red Wings Drakter so great a distance to travel without water. I kept the party in readiness, however, to move at a moment’s notice. On the 27th we had Indianapolis Colts Kvinnor thunder, but no rain fell, and the heat seemed rather to increase than to decrease. On the 28th, at 2 p.m., the wind suddenly flew round to the south, and it became cooler. In hopes that it would continue, I ordered the tents to be struck, and we left Flood’s Creek at half-pa |
