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their bullocks; but on arranging our provisions and luggage, 

 we found that three beasts were inadequate to carry it all, 

 and were therefore obliged to delay our departure till the 

 following day, in order to procure another. At noon I re- 

 turned to Brisbane, and assisted in laying out the walks of 

 the New Garden. 



July 23d. — At eight o'clock we started, but had not pro- 

 ceeded above a mile, when we discovered that one of our 

 bullocks could hardly stand under his load, while another 

 had reared so as to break a part of his harness. To 

 relieve the first, we reduced our stock of flour by 112 lbs. 

 which we sent back, and the necessity of getting the har- 

 ness of the other animal repaired caused us to encamp for 

 the day. 



July 2Uh. — At seven o'clock, we set oif towards Couper's 

 "lains, passing over a tract of indifferent land, composed 

 principally of clumps of Iron Bark Treesy Eucalypti^ and 

 small vallies, abundantly watered. By eleven o'clock we 

 had accomplished nearly six miles, and then halted till one, 

 to rest our cattle, at the edge of the plain, or, more properly 

 speaking, of the Flats, on the banks of a beautiful chain of 

 ponds. Thence we continued our way across these flats, 

 ^hich are composed of excellent land, thinly wooded; and 

 It appears evident to me, that the water must oflen stand here 

 ^n many spots, on account of the numerous hollows in the 

 surface. This district probably contains 5000 or 6000 acres. 

 The timber is decidedly of little worth, but the ridges pro- 

 duce abundantly the Iron Bark and Blue Gum Trees^ 



(Eucalyptus piperita.) 



We encamped at three and a half miles from the entrance 

 of the flats, on the west bank of Canoe Creek, by which they 

 '^^^ bounded, having accomplished a distance by the adome- 

 ter of nine miles. 



There was nothing novel in the botany of this district. 

 The principal timber consisted of Banksia Cmnpar, Tristania 

 ^^hista. Iron Bark, some stunted CasuarincB, and a species 

 ^f Acacia with long cylindrical spikes of flower. 



