150 Kennedy's expedition. 



July 8th. — We were employed nearly all this 

 day in cutting- tliroug-h ver}^ thick scrub on the other 

 side of the creek. Whilst doing- so we had to cross 

 several other smaller ones^ all turning- east^ and in 

 the evening- we camped on a small patch of open 

 forest land^ covered with long coarse g-rass, and 

 larg-e blocks of coarse g-ranite rock jutting- out here 

 and there. 



Jtdy dth. — This being- Sunday we halted for the 

 day, and prayers were read at eleven o'clock. 



July 10th and 11th. — AVe continued throug-hout 

 these days cutting- throug-h belts of scrub^ and cross- 

 ing- small creeks, running- from the west and north- 

 west, and turning- east. During- the latter day we 

 were visited by a small tribe of natives, who appeared 

 very friendly and did not stop long-. I found a 

 large quantity of Castanospermum seeds in one of 

 the creeks, apparently put there to steep by the 

 natives, who use them for food. They informed me 

 that they steep them in water for five days, and 

 then cut them into thin slices and dr}^ them in the 

 sun* they are then pounded between two larg-e 

 stones, and the meal behig- moistened with water is 

 baked on a flat stone, raised from the g-round a few 

 inches, with a small tire burning- beneath. I after- 

 wards saw some of the meal baked, but it was not 

 very palatable. 



July 12th and 13th. — Our journey still continued 

 throug-h scrub, intersected by small creeks, which 

 we had to cross, and by patches here and there of 



