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which overhung" the creek. The horses were g*ot 

 into the creek with a g-reat deal of difficulty, then 

 harnessed to the carts, and we proceeded along- the 

 bed of the creek till we arrived at a spot where the 

 banks on the opposite side were not so steep. At 

 this place by harnessing* six horses to each of the 

 carts, we manag'ed to g-et them all out of the 

 creek without any accident. The bed of the creek 

 was composed of g'ranite pebbles. We encamped 

 on the northern side of it, the soil l^eing* a strong" 

 clayey loam, well covered with g-rass two or three 

 feet hig'h, so thick that it was difficult to Avalk 

 throug"h it. The country here was hilly open forest- 

 land, with a hig"h rang"e before us, running* north- 

 east. The trees were principally Moreton Bay ash, 

 box, and another species of eucalyptus, resembling" 

 the common iron-bark, but with long* narrow leaves. 

 I also found a mag-nificent species of Grevilleoj, 

 with fine pinnatifid silvery leaves, and beautiful 

 racemes of orang*e-coloured flowers j also another 

 tree belong-ing" to the same natural order, rivalling* 

 the Grevillea in the beauty of its flowers, producing* 

 an abundance of cream-coloured blossoms, on com- 

 pound, terminal racemes. In the scrub by the side 

 of the creek, I found a most beautiful Scitamineous 

 plant, the foliag-e, root, and habit of which resembled 

 Hedychium. The beauty of the plant consisted in 

 its larg"e, stifl", shining" hractece, which continue to 

 g"row after the small pink blossoms have fallen. 

 The hractece are about half an inch broad at the 



