billies" for the use of the party for supper. This
is marked a red day in Frank Jardine's diary, who closes his notes
with this entry. "Distance 13 miles. Course North at last." (Camp
XXXVII.)

'December' 6.--The satisfaction of the party in getting away from
the Staaten and travelling on the right course was destined to
receive a check, and the Brothers to find they had not yet quite done
with that river. This morning about half the horses were away, and a
worse place for finding them, saving scrub, could hardly be imagined.
It was fortunate that the pool of water mentioned yesterday had been
found, as the cattle would have had to turn back to the river, but
this they were saved from. They were started away for the water at
day-break, in charge of two of the black boys, with instructions to
stay and feed them there until the horses came up or they were
relieved by Binney. No horses coming in, Binney was sent after them.
The Brothers searching for the horses, followed an hour-and-a-half
after, but on arriving at the pool found the cattle and boys but no
Binney. Returning to the camp they instructed the party to shift the
packs to the pool on the twelve horses that had been found. Binney
here came into the camp along the yesterday's tracks. He had missed
the cattle and did not know where he had been to. He was started
again on the cattle track by the Brothers, who then went in search of
more water, sending two more black boys to look for the horses. At
about four miles away they themselves came on to their tracks, which
they ran for about eight miles towards the coast, when they found
six. Continuing to follow the trail they were led to their 35th camp
on the Staaten, when they found three more. Here, as the sun went
down they were obliged to camp, and after short hobbling the horses
laid down by their fire, supperless, and without blankets. They saw
no water through the whole of the day, which was the cause of the
restlessness of the horses the previous night, and of their straying,
in spite of short hobbles. The myriads of mosquitoes too, which now
annoyed them may possibly have contributed to that end.

'December' 7.--Leaving the nine horses hobbled to feed near the
water the Brothers separated, one taking up and the other down the
river to look for the others, in hopes that they might also have
turned back, but met again in the afternoon, each without success.
Starting back (with the nine recovered