1?C) Kennedy's expedition. 



northerly direction^ and camped by the side of a 

 creek running- west by south^ which, with the last 

 two creeks we had passed, we doubted not, from 

 the appearance of the country, ran into the river 

 we had crossed on the 20th inst. The countr}^ 

 appeared to fall considerably to the westward. All 

 the rivers and larg-e creeks we had seen on this side 

 the rang'e (that crossed on the lOtli instant) rose in 

 or near the coast rang'e, and appeared to run 

 westerly across the peninsula into the Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria. 



Althoug'h few of them appeared to be constantly 

 ruiming", yet there is an abundance of water to be 

 found in holes and reaches of the rivers and creeks. 

 Where there was any scrub by the side of the 

 creeks, it was composed principally of the climbing* 

 palm (calamus), Glyccria^ Kennedya., Mucundy and 

 a strong" gTOwing- Ipomcea, ^\\\\\ herbaceo-iibrous 

 roots, and palmate leaves; and in a few places 

 bamboos were gTowing-. 



The trees were, Eugenias, TerminaliaSy Castano- 

 spermumSj with two or three kinds of deciduous fig"s, 

 bearing" large bunches of yellowish fruit on the 

 trunks. Althoug'h we frequently partook of these 

 fig's I found they did not agree with us ; three or 

 four of the party who frequently ate a g'reat quan- 

 tit}^, althoug'h advised not to do so, suffered severely 

 from pain in the head and swelling- of the eyes. 

 The forest trees on the iron-stone ridg'es were 

 string"y-bark, and on the grassy hills, box, Moreton 



