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Tea-tree patch in the midst of an open place in the forest, where, 

 among plenty of good grass, we pitched camp early in the after- 

 noon and gave the horses a much needed feed and rest. 



26th March. — The morning broke fine, and we soon packed up 

 and crossed the marshy flats, partly through Tea-tree, Lepto- 

 spermum scoparium, coarse Swamp Grass, &c., and about 2 miles 

 on crossed Benambra Creek. About half a mile further we 

 met the old Omeo-Manaro track, about i mile above the outpost 

 of settlement. We were now on the main track to Kosciusko, 

 and following it in a N.E. direction for about 2 miles, over low 

 spurs of slates and sandstones, we recrossed Henambra Creek at 

 the head of the morass. From here we went in a generally 

 northerly direction up a small creek to the divide between 

 Benambra Creek and the Buenbah River. Benambra Creek at 

 the crossing showed sand and pebbles of slates, sandstones, 

 quartz and mica, indicating a melamorphic area towards its 

 source. The strata of the creek to the divide are indurated 

 siliceous slates, similar to those of the possible Heathcotian series 

 at the source of Saltpetre Creek, and of which they are probably 

 the southerly extension along the strike. They dip to S.W. at 

 58°, but further on have a dip to E.N.E., showing the occurrence 

 of an anticline. Only one Kangaroo, Macropus gignntetis, was 

 seen, though this was an open gum forest with good grass and 

 just the country for kangaroos. 



The track crosses this divide over a low saddle, only about 500 

 feet higher than the crossing over Benambra Creek. On the 

 Buenbah fall there is a great deal of broken quartz wash, in which 

 a shaft, 10 feet deep, had been sunk, obviously with no encourag- 

 ing prospects of gold. Heavy clouds were now gathering fast 

 from the north. About 2 miles from the saddle we reached the 

 fine flat of the Buenbah, the site of the old Buenbah cattle station. 

 A small empty hut and some yards were all that was left of the 

 buildings. The threatened thunderstorm burst as we neared the 

 hut, so we took refuge in it. Between the Benambra divide and 

 the Buenbah flats the visible strata are argillaceous and siliceous 

 slates, dipping to S. 60° W. at 75°. On the opposite side of the 

 Buenbah the spur terminates in steep cliffs at the river. After 

 the storm ceased we resumed the march along the flat in a 

 generally N.E. direction for about half a mile, and came to the 

 point of a spur abutting on the stream. Here the strata are fissile 

 slates and sandstones, dipping to N. 80° E. at 45°, indicating 

 another anticline. A second thunderstorm passed over as we 

 continued our journey. The track left the river and crossed a 

 small creek in a marsh, then an open forest, covered with 

 fine Kangaroo Grass, Anthistiria ciliata, to the ridge overlooking 

 Running Creek. A short descent of 120 feet brought us to 

 Running Creek, where we pitched camp on its small grassy flat. 



27th March. — This was a lovely morning, and we looked for- 



