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all the day j some of them too had very steep banks^ 

 which presented another obstacle to the prog-ress of 

 our horses. Between the creeks^ small patches of 

 open forest land mtervened^ with larg-e blocks of rock 

 scattered over them ; most of the creeks had a rocky 

 bottom^ and were running- to the eastward. 



Jvly 2^r(l.— Sunday^^ — v\^e had prayers read as 

 usual at eleven o'clock, and halted for the day. 



July 2^t]i. — We resumed our journey throug-h 

 the same description of country^ cutting" throug-h 

 scrub^ and occasionally travelling- throug-h open land, 

 timbered principally with Moreton Bay ash, box, 

 and flooded-g-um, and covered with very long* grass. 

 AVe crossed two creeks running- to the northward, 

 on the side of the last of which we camped. We 

 were here compelled to shoot one of our horses, 

 which had fallen lame. During- the week we had 

 made very little prog-ress, being- forced to turn in 

 every direction to avoid the deep g-ulleys, and the 

 scrub which invariably prevailed in the bends of the 

 creeks. A tribe of natives visited us at this camp, 

 and appeared very friendly ', they did not stop with 

 us long-. I saw to-day several trees of the " white 

 apple," as we called it, and which I have before 

 described. 



Jiihj 26th. — We entered the scrub on the side of 

 the creek, and proceeded along- its banks with diffi- 

 culty, Ijeing- oblig-ed to cut our way throug-h, but it 

 g-rew less dense after we had skirted the creek a 

 short distance. We found the creek to be the 



