We got safely away.
From Fyfe Bay we went round to Meikle Bay, where I visited all the
villages, and was well received. Before landing I decided to walk
inland, and see for myself if there was no arm of the sea running up at
the back. The charts showed no such thing, but I felt sure, from the
formation of the land and the manner of clouds hanging over it, that
there must be a lake or some large sheet of water, and that there must be
considerable streams carrying off the water of the Lorne Range and Cloudy
Mountains, as no stream of any size came to the sea on the coast-side. I
got the chief of the village at the head of the bay and a large following
to show us the way. We travelled for some miles through good country,
and at last came out opposite a large sheet of water, stretching well up
towards Cloudy Mountain and away towards the head of Milne Bay. Seeing
the Stirling Range, I was able to take a few positions.
Our mate, who had his fowling-piece with him, saw a very pretty parrot on
a cocoanut tree.
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