whence I had the walk I mentioned. The camels did not get away this
time. We have shifted our quarters to a better place, about twenty
miles down the creek. To-morrow we start for Eyre's Creek, about
two hundred miles towards the Una. There have been heavy
thunderstorms towards the north, and I hope we shall find plenty of
water. If so, I shall soon be able to send you a good long letter
without resorting to the use of a pencil. I wish I could send mamma
a few lines, but she must read yours and fancy it written to her: I
have not even time to send a line to my father. Tell mamma that I
am getting into that robust state of health that I always enjoy
when in the bush; a tremendous appetite, and can eat anything. One
of our chief articles of consumption is horseflesh: it is very
nice; you would scarcely know it from beef. Give my love to all, and

Believe me,

Ever your affectionate brother,

WILLIAM J. WILLS.

. . .

Here we find my son, between the 1st and 15th of December,
travelling about five hundred miles, and walking from eighty to
ninety. McDonough, in his examination, gave altogether a falsified
account respecting the loss of the camels, as he also made a
bombastic statement of his great intimacy with Mr. Burke. The real
truth is, that McDonough was the least trustworthy of the party. He
would not have been taken by my son, but in the morning Mr. Burke
had volunteered to accompany him, so that McDonough would not have