358 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.

empty. They dared not go back, for there was the same scarcity of
drink. < Spinifex everywhere,’ said Forrest; ‘a most fearful country.’
Tired, sore, their mouths parched, they found enough water in some
clay-holes to last about a night. Their rations needed replenishing.
What could they do in this emergency? At last the cheermg news |
came that water had been found five miles away, while red kangaroo,
one or two opossums, and other game, helped out their larder. So they
toiled on. A thousand miles from the settlements in West Australia,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the prospect was no more cheering; still they pushed forward. They
had had occasional meetings with natives, one party being delighted to
find that two of Forrest’s men were black, and that their bodies also_
were marked, and that one had his nose bored! The explorers came
again to grassy country, and struck the river Marryatt. Their stock