Difficulties in finding either of the rivers or any water. 
Search for the Murrumbidgee. 
A night without water. 
Heavy fall of rain. 
Two men missing. 
Reach the Murrumbidgee. 
Natives on the opposite bank. 
They swim across. 
Afraid of the sheep. 
Their reports about the junction of the Darling. 
Search up the river for junction of Lachlan. 
Course of the Murrumbidgee. 
Tribe from Cudjallagong visits the camp in my absence. 
Caught following my steps. 
Piper questions them.

CHAPTER 3.4.

The Murrumbidgee compared with other rivers. 
Heaps of stones used in cooking. 
High reeds on the riverbank. 
Lake Weromba. 
Native encampment. 
Riverbanks of difficult access. 
Best horse drowned. 
Cross a country subject to inundations. 
Traverse a barren region at some distance from the river. 
Kangaroos there. 
Another horse in the river. 
Lagoons preferable to the river for watering cattle. 
High wind, dangerous in a camp under trees. 
Serious accident; a cartwheel passes over The Widow’s child. 
Graves of the natives. 
Choose a position for the depot. 
My horse killed by the kick of a mare. 
Proceed to the Darling with a portion of the party. 
Reach the Murray. 
Its breadth at our camp. 
Meet with a tribe. 
Lake Benanee. 
Discover the natives to be those last seen on the Darling. 
Harassing night in their presence. 
Piper alarmed. 
Rockets fired to scare them away. 
They again advance in the morning. 
Men advance towards them holding up their firearms. 
They retire, and we continue our journey. 
Again followed by the natives. 
Danger of the party. 
Long march through a scrubby country. 
Dismal prospect. 
Night without water or grass. 
Heavy rain. 
Again make the Murray. 
Strange natives visit the camp at dusk.

CHAPTER 3.5.

New and remarkable shrub. 
Darling tribe again. 
Their dispersion by the party. 
Cross a tract intersected by deep lagoons. 
Huts over tombs. 
Another division of the Darling tribe. 
Barren sands and the Eucalyptus dumosa. 
Plants which grow on the sand and bind it down. 
Fish caught. 
Aspect of the country to the northward. 
Strange natives from beyond the Murray. 
They decamp during the night. 
Reach the Darling and surprise a numerous tribe of natives. 
Piper and his gin explain. 
Search for the junction with the Murray. 
Return by night. 
Followed by the natives. 
Horses take fright. 
Break loose and run back. 
Narrow escape of some men from natives. 
Failure of their intended attack. 
Different modes of interment. 
Reduced appearance of the Darling. 
Desert character of the country. 
Rainy morning. 
Return of the party. 
Surprise the females of the tribe. 
Junction of the Darling and Murray. 
Effect of alternate floods there.