come so easily the night before.  To-day, however, I determined to keep on until we actually did reach the next oasis; this Jimmy said was Cudyeh, and was of course still close up.  We travelled two and a half miles to Edoldeh, continued eighteen miles beyond it, and reached Cudyeh early in the afternoon.  This place was like most of the little oases in the desert; it was a very good place for a camp, one singular feature about it being that it consisted of a flat bare rock of some area, upon which were several circular and elliptical holes in various places.  The rock lay in the lowest part of the open hollow, and whenever rain fell in the neighbourhood, the water all ran down to it.  In consequence of the recent rains, the whole area of rock was two feet under water, and the extraordinary holes or wells that existed there looked like antediluvian cisterns.  Getting a long stick, and wading through the water to the mouths of these cisterns, we found that, like most other reservoirs in a neglected native state, they were almost full of soil and debris, and the deepest had only about three feet of water below the surface of the rock.  Some of these holes might be very deep, or they might be found to be permanent wells if cleaned out.

Next day we passed another little spot called Yanderby, with rock water, at ten miles; thence in three more we came to Mobing, a much better place than any of the others:  indeed I thought it superior to Wynbring.  It lies about north 62 degrees west from Wynbring and is fifty miles from it; the latitude of Mobing is 30 degrees 10’ 30”.  At this place there was a large, bare, rounded rock, very similar to Wynbring, except that no rock-holes to hold any surface water existed; what was obtainable being in large native wells sunk at the foot of the rock, and brimful of water.  I believe a good supply might be obtained here.  There were plenty of good bushes in the neighbourhood for the camels, and we had an excellent camp at Mobing.  As usual, this oasis consisted merely of an open space, lightly timbered with the mulga acacia amongst the sandhills and the scrubs.

The day after, we were led by old Jimmy to a small salt lake-bed called Bring, which was dry; it lay about south-west from Mobing.  Round at the southern shore of this lake Jimmy showed us a small rock-hole, with a few dozen gallons of water in it.  In consequence of Mr. Young not being well, we encamped, the distance from Mobing being nine miles.  This also was a rather pretty camp, and excellent for the camels.  Towards evening some light showers of rain fell, and we had to erect our tarpaulins and tents, which we only do in times of rain.  More showers fell the next day, and we did not shift our quarters.  A very shallow sheet of water now appeared upon the surface of the lake bed, but it was quite salt.  We made some little dams with clay, where the water ran into the lake, and saved enough water to indulge in a sort of bath with the aid of buckets and waterproof sheeting.  This was the last day of June.  Unfortunately, though Chairman of the Company, I was unable to declare a dividend for the half-year.