Chapter VII: Migration of the Birds--Journey to the Eastward--Flooded

PLAINS--NATIVE FAMILY--PROCEED SOUTH, BUT FIND NO WATER--
AGAIN TURN EASTWARD--STERILE COUNTRY--SALT LAGOON--DISTANT
HILLS TO THE EAST--RETURN TO THE CAMP--INTENSE HEAT--OFFICERS
ATTACKED BY SCURVY--JOURNEY TO THE WEST--NO WATER--FORCED TO
RETURN--ILLNESS OF MR. POOLE--VISITED BY A NATIVE--SECOND
JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD--STORY OF THE NATIVE--KITES AND
CROWS--ERECT A PYRAMID ON MOUNT POOLE--PREPARATIONS FOR A
MOVE--INDICATIONS OF RAIN--INTENSE ANXIETY--HEAVY RAIN--
MR. POOLE LEAVES WITH THE HOME RETURNING PARTY--BREAK UP THE
DEPOT--MR. POOLE'S SUDDEN DEATH--HIS FUNERAL--PROGRESS
WESTWARD--THE JERBOA--ESTABLISHMENT OF SECOND DEPOT--NATIVE
GLUTTONY--DISTANT MOUNTAINS SEEN--REACH LAKE TORRENS--
EXAMINATION OF THE COUNTRY N.W. OF IT--RETURN TO THE DEPOT--
VISITED BY NATIVES--PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE AGAIN INTO THE
NORTHWEST INTERIOR.

CHAPTER VIII LEAVE THE DEPOT FOR THE NORTH-WEST--SCARCITY OF WATER--FOSSIL
LIMESTONE--ARRIVE AT THE FIRST CREEK--EXTENSIVE PLAINS--
SUCCESSION OF CREEKS--FLOODED CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--POND
WITH FISH--STERILE COUNTRY--GRASSY PLAINS--INTREPID NATIVE--
COUNTRY APPARENTLY IMPROVES--DISAPPOINTMENTS--WATER FOUND--
APPEARANCE OF THE STONY DESERT--NIGHT THEREON--THE EARTHY
PLAIN--HILLS RAISED BY REFRACTION--RECOMMENCEMENT OF THE SAND
RIDGES--THEIR UNDEVIATING REGULARITY--CONJECTURES AS TO THE
DESERT--RELATIVE POSITION OF LAKE TORRENS--CONCLUDING
REMARKS.