DR. LEICHHARDT'S TRAVELS. 8217 
Range on Dr. Leichhardt's second expedition. At that time 
many natives from the Balonne passed Charley's Creek to go to 
the Bunya Bunya district.* They now travelled down the little 
creek to its junction with Dogwood Creek, and followed the latter 
for a mile and a half, where the large sandy creek joined it. 
Below this junction Dogwood Creek increases very much in size, 
and the high flood-marks on the Box trees that cover the flats 
indicate the large body of water which sweeps down its channel 
during the rainy season. They continued on a westerly course, 
and left the river, which turned to the southward; but Bricklow 
scrub and sandstone gullies compelled them to bear to the south a 
little, and they encamped on a small scrubby creek, about ten miles 
west by south from the junction of Sandy Creek, For the next 
eleven miles to the westward they travelled over a scrubby Myal 
country, with patches of open puffy Iron-bark (Eucalyptus sp.) 
forest and of Cypress Pine. At this stage a conspicuous hill was 
in sight to the southward. They then came toa river running 
from the northward, with high but irregular banks, lined with 
large Water-Gum (Eucalyptus sp.); its bed was sandy, containing 
pebbles of fossil-wood, broken pieces of agate, and variously- 
coloured flint and quartz; it was overgrown with Tea-tree, and 
was well provided with water-holes. Judging from its size, its 
course could not be less than 180 miles, and the presence of 
fossil-wood and agate induced them to believe that it came from 
a downs country. Dr. Leichhardt suspected that it was Robin- 
son's Creek which he had formerly crossed in lat. 25° 30’, about 
ninety miles above their present crossing place. The country 
along its banks was closely timbered with Box and Box saplings. 
They here saw the tracks of five horses coming from the eastward, 
and apparently passing down the river. Fourteen miles to the 
west of this river, which was distinguished by the name of “ Horse- 
track River,” they came to a large creek trending to the S.E. 
The intervening country was generally scrubby, with occasional 
patches of open forest. Near some clusters of Cypress Pine, the 
* They go there for the purpose of procuring the seeds of the Bunya Bunya 
(Araucaria Bidwilli, Hook.) for food. - 
