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Show SEARCH FOR FRESH WATER. 185 tanoe, after a hard day's Work, was not to be thought of; BO ire supped-- on some hard. bread and a small piece of dried beef, which fortunately remained, and laid our blankets down^ on the sand. The night was fine, notwithstanding a heavy gust in tho after-noQn from the south- west, accompanied by rain, the principal part of which fell in copious showers upon the mountains around us. The shore pasty did not arrive until near ten o'clock,- being guided to our bivqoao by the light of a lantern eldvated upon a spade-handle stuck in the sand* They werevnot a little disappointed at' getting no supper, aa 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 codking, 1 determined to. mpve, 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 to- . day, 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 bfeen 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 Bock,) was many miles west of the lake shore, w After getting the camp on board, I determined to go myself in the yawl, an, d, 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 rfpare oars and tent- pojes, 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 fiat, and plunged through thick, oosy mud nearly knee- deep until we reaehed the growth of reeds We Had seen from the boat. We here found where one of the |