CHAPTER IX. BOY SPEARED BY THE NATIVES--ANOMALOUS STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH THE ABORIGINES--MR. SCOTT SAILS FOR ADELAIDE--DOG BOUGHT--MR. SCOTT'S RETURN--CUTTER WATERWITCH SENT TO CO-OPERATE--SEND HER TO STREAKY BAY--LEAVE PORT LINCOLN WITH THE DRAY--LEVEL SANDY COUNTRY CLOTHED WITH BRUSH AND SHRUBS--SALT LAKES--MOUNT HOPE--LAKE HAMILTON--STONY COUNTRY--LOSE A DOG--BETTER COUNTRY--WEDGE HILL--LAKE NEWLAND--A BOAT HARBOUR--MOUNT HALL--REJOIN PARTY AT STREAKY BAY--SINGULAR SPRING--CHARACTER OF COUNTRY--BEDS OF OYSTERS CHAPTER X. COUNTRY BETWEEN STREAKY BAY AND BAXTER'S RANGE--ITS SCRUBBY CHARACTER--GAWLER RANGE--MOUNT STURT--ASCEND A PEAK--SALT LAKES--BEAUTIFUL FLOWER--ASCEND ANOTHER BILL--MOUNT BROWN SEEN--EXTENSIVE VIEW TO THE NORTH--LAKE GILLES--BAXTER'S RANGE CHAPTER XI. EMBARK STORES--PARTY LEAVE STREAKY BAY--DENSE SCRUB--POINT BROWN--SINGULAR WELL--PROCESS OF CHANGE IN APPEARANCE OF COUNTRY--DIG FOR WATER--FRIENDLY NATIVES--EXTRAORDINARY RITE--NATIVE GUIDES--LEIPOA'S NEST--DENIAL BAY--BEELIMAH GAIPPE--KANGAROO KILLED--MORE NATIVES--BERINYANA GAIPPE--SALT LAKES--WADEMAR GAIPPE--SANDY AND SCRUBBY COUNTRY--MOBEELA GAIPPE--DIFFICULTY OF GETTING WATER--MORE NATIVES--GENUINE HOSPITALITY--SINGULAR MARKS ON THE ABDOMEN--NATIVES LEAVE THE PARTY--FOWLER'S BAY--EXCELLENT WHALING STATION. CHAPTER XII. LAND THE STORES AND SEND THE CUTTER TO DENIAL BAY--PARTY REMOVE TO POINT FOWLER--LEAVE THE PARTY--BEDS OF LAKES--DENSE SCRUB--COAST SAND-DRIFTS--FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR WATER--DISTRESS OF THE HORSES--TURN BACK--LEAVE A HORSE--FIND WATER--REJOIN PARTY--SEND FOR THE HORSE--COUNTRY AROUND DEPOT--TAKE A DRAY TO THE WESTWARD--WRETCHED COUNTRY--FALL IN WITH NATIVES--MISUNDERSTAND THEIR SIGNS--THEY LEAVE US--VAIN SEARCH FOR WATER--TURN BACK--HORSE KNOCKED UP--GO BACK FOR WATER--REJOIN THE DRAY--COMMENCE RETURN--SEARCH FOR WATER--DRAY SURROUNDED BY NATIVES--EMBARRASSING SITUATION--BURY BAGGAGE--THREE HORSES ABANDONED--REACH THE SAND-DRIFTS--UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE HORSES--SEND FOR FRESH HORSES--SEARCH FOR WATER TO NORTH-EAST--RECOVER THE DRAY AND STORES--REJOIN THE PARTY AT DEPOT NEAR POINT FOWLER--RETURN OF THE CUTTER CHAPTER XIII. FUTURE PLANS--REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE PARTY--SEND THE CUTTER TO ADELAIDE--REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR--MONOTONOUS LIFE AT CAMP--REMOVE TO ANOTHER LOCALITY--GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--FLINT FOUND--AGAIN ATTEMPT TO REACH THE HEAD OF THE BIGHT--REACH THE SAND-HILLS, AND BURY FLOUR--FRIENDLY NATIVES--EXHAUSTED STATE OF THE HORSES--GET THE DRAY TO THE PLAIN--BURY WATER--SEND BACK DRAY--PROCEED WITH PACK-HORSE--OPPRESSIVE HEAT--SEND BACK PACK-HORSE--REACH THE HEAD OF THE BIGHT--SURPRISE SOME NATIVES--THEIR KIND BEHAVIOUR--YEER-KUMBAN-KAUWE--THEIR ACCOUNT OF THE INTERIOR