324 DR. LEICHHARDT'S TRAVELS. 
of Mr. H. S. Russel, on Darling Downs, where Dr. Leichhardt 
proposed to leave his things till a new party was organized, which 
he hoped would be about the beginning of May, 1848. 
Since the above was written, accounts have reached this country 
giving the details of another journey of Dr. Leichhardt’s, which 
was undertaken with the view of examining the country to the 
westward of the Darling Downs, between Sir Thomas Mitchell’s 
track and the country gone over by himself in his expedition to 
Port Essington. 
He took his departure on the 9th of August last, accompanied 
by three Europeans and a native. They followed their dray-track 
to the head of Acacia Creek, which is a tributary of Dogwood 
Creek. On the 15th they travelled down Acacia Creek, about 
twelve miles W.N.W.; on the 18th they made Dogwood Creek at 
his old crossing-place, in latitude 26° 24’, and continued for about 
ten miles N.W. by W., following a small creek up to its head, 
 &nd coming to water-courses belonging to another creek, which 
had been called Bottle-tree Creek,* on his first expedition. The 
country was scrubby, with a few patches of open forest; the lati- 
tude of the camp was 26° 20. On the 17th they followed the 
water-course down to Bottle-tree Creek, which was well supplied 
with water, and crossing it, came on a fine rocky creek with run- 
ning water, about two miles W.S.W. from the latter; the inter- 
vening country was a rotten, rusty Gum forest (Hucalypti), with 
occasional patches of Cypress Pine (Callitris) and forest Oak 
(Casuarina torulosa, Willd.); they at length came to a fine open 
flat or undulating fron-bark forest (ucalypti), which seemed to 
continue to the eastward, and encamped on a chain of fine water- 
holes about twelve miles W.S.W. from their last camp. On the 
18th they travelled about twelve miles and a half S.W.; two miles 
and a half from the camp they came to a good-sized creck, with 
the water filtering through the sand and pebbles; in following " 
up between hills and ledges of rock, they came on a table-land 
with patches of scrubby underwood. To the S.W. there were 
* The Bottle-tree, from which this creek is named, is the Brachychiton of Dr. 
Lindley. 
