In Search of the Castaways Book Two Chapter XIX - Helpless and Hopeless

In which Lord Glenarvan and his companions confront the formidable and swollen Snowy River, devising desperate means to cross its perilous currents despite injury and dwindling provisions, only to find themselves in a desolate and forbidding wilderness. They press onward with undiminished resolve toward Twofold Bay, hoping to forestall impending disaster as time and uncertainty weigh heavily upon their weary company.