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Show SEARCH FOR FRESH WAT. ER. 185 tance, after a hard day's work, was not to . be thought of; so we supped on some hard bread and a Bmall piece of dried beef, which fortunately remained, and laid our blankets down on the sand. The night was fine, notwithstanding a heavy gust in the afternoon from the south- west, accompanied by rain, the principal part of which fell in copious showers upon the mountains around us. The Bhore party did not arrive until near ten o'clock, being guided to. our bivouac by the light of a lantern elevated upon a spade-handle stuck in the sand. They were not a little disappointed at getting no supper, as they were wet, hungry, and tired. Saturday, May 18.- As it was manifestly impossible for us to remain here any longer without the means of cooking, I determined to move, although the survey was considerably in the rear. The eyes of my assistant, Mr. Garrington, from exposure to the intense glare of the sunlight from the white sands, had become much inflamed, and I was fearful, at one time, that he would be unable to continue the performance of his duties. He was much better today, however, and returned to the line of the survey. The skiff was despatched along the shore to the northward to search for some indication of the large stream of which mention has been made, and which we hoped might, perhaps, approach near enough to the shore to be made available for the purpose of watering. It should be borne in mind that the line of survey, as has been remarked, followed the storm- line of the lake, which ( since leaving Turret Rock,) was many miles west of the lake shore. After getting the camp on board, I determined to go myself in the yawl, and, if water could be found, to fill up every vessel we could spare, as I was entirely ignorant when we could again procure this indispensable article without crossing the lake to the Indian Springs. A scaffold or platform was made of spare oars and tent- poles, elevated upon camp- stools, placed near the* boat in a few inches of water, and all the baggage piled upon it, to lighten the boat. We started after the skiff, passed it, and advanced farther to the north, toward a point on the shore where the appearance of some reeds seemed to indicate the presence of water. Anchoring our boat to keep her from drifting off, we waded some half- mile to the shore, and proceeded nearly three miles inland on our bare feet, over a sandy flat, and plunged through thick, oozy mud nearly knee- deep until we reached the growth of reeds we had seen from the boat. We here found where one of the |