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On June 2nd we crossed the last sand-ridge of the great northern desert, and before us spread the rolling gravel-covered undulations of sand, treeless except for an occasional beefwood or small clump of mulga, rolling away before us like a swelling ocean. What a blessed relief it was after the awful toil of crossing Heaven knows how many sand-ridges day after day!
At last I found a tiny gap between two of the boards. It was the merest chink, but by gluing my eye to it I was just able to see through. I was looking into a square gravel-covered yard, in the centre of which a man in blue overalls was cleaning the mud off a small motor car.
This ridge throws the water on the one hand into the Pacific, and on the other, as I was informed, into a great gravel-covered, basin-like plain, including a salt- lake, and without any drainage-exit. In crossing the Cordillera by this Pass, it is said that three principal ridges must be traversed, instead of two, or only one as in Central Chile.
Hough seemed both surprised and pleased with the confidence, and he said he would go out of his way to help Neale. Neale had to run to catch the train. A brawny Irishman extended a red-sleeved arm to help him up. "Up wid yez. Thor!" Neale found himself with bag and rifle and blanket sprawling on the gravel-covered floor of a flat car.
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