Chapter XV. The Enemy in SightThe way ahead for the return. - Excursion to the west. - Trulca and algarrobe. - Tea Tree. - The torrent of Dike-creek. - Lianas. - Night troubled. - Guanacos. - Address Baxter launch the lasso. - Back to French-den.
Two hundred yards from the creek stood a dune high of fifty feet - all observatories indicated that Gordon and his comrades might take a broader view of the region.
Once the sun was up, they hastened to climb the dune to its crest.
From this point, the telescope was immediately deflected in the direction of north.
If the vast sandy desert dragged to the shore, as well as indicated by the map, it was impossible to see the end, because the sea horizon should be more than twelve miles to the north and more seven east.
So it seemed point
