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into places where he should not go, seems to go by sense, smell rather
than by reason. Durack says he expects we shall be mainly in this country
but if we are it will be owing to his obstinate stupidity. He is very silent at times
and seems to begin to be distressful of his own powers at least though he is not willing to relinquish
nor call himself leader. Today we saw some black on the hill watching us
in the evening, they passed our camp over the ridge of
an adjoining hill & hooted as they
went. They have also set the
grass on fire around us but
that will not affect us unless
they set fire to that growing where
we are camped, as we have
water on all sides of us.
We are camped under the shade of
a bottle tree where the natives
have been at work eating the fruit
as the shells are left all about.
There are plenty of fish in a
large water hole close at hand.
We caught a few but not very