Upon Leaving Fowler's Bay, Therefore, It Was Evident That We Must Be Dependent Entirely Upon Our Own Resources; And It Became Necessary For Me To Weigh Well And Maturely How I Might Best Arrange My Plans So As To Meet The Necessity Of The Case.

It appeared to me that if I sent two of my men back to Adelaide in the WATERWITCH, a

Single dray would carry every necessary for the reduced party remaining, and that by obtaining a supply of oats and bran for the horses, and giving them a long rest, they might so far recover strength and spirits as to afford me reasonable grounds of hope that we might succeed in forcing a passage through the country to the westward, bad as it evidently was. Acting upon the opinion I had arrived at, I sent for the master of the cutter and requested him to get ready at once for sea, and then communicated my decision to the two men who were to leave us, Corporal Coles, R.S. and M. and John Houston, requesting them to get ready to embark to-morrow. They did not appear to experience much surprise, and were I think on the whole rather pleased than otherwise at the prospect of a return to Adelaide. Both these men had conducted themselves remarkably well during the whole time they were in the party, and one of them, John Houston, had been with me in my late disastrous expedition, during which his obedience and good conduct had been beyond all praise.

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