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now very much withered^ and throug-h belts of dwarf 

 bushy Mekileucas and Banksias. We were not far 

 from Princess Charlotte's Bay^ Jane's Table Land 

 beino- in sig-ht. We came to the side of a salt 

 lag'oon^ very nearly dry * we found it covered with 

 salt^ of which we took about 20 Ibs.^ which w^as as 

 much as we could carry, but even this was a very 

 seasonable help ; we rubbed about two pounds of it 

 into our meat. We encamped by a small creek, but 

 the water was brackish, and not being- able to find 

 an}^ other we were oblig'ed to make use of it. One 

 of our horses was slig-htly hurt by the stump of a 

 mangrove tree. All we g-ot fi'om the horse we last 

 killed was sixty-five pounds of meat. 



Oct. 6th and Qtth. — We travelled over sandy soil, 

 but with little g'rass, meeting- frequently with salt 

 lag'oons, surrounded by various salsolaceous plants. 

 Near the edg'e of a salt water creek we found a 

 native camp, composed of about seven or eight huts, 

 curiously and neatly built of a conical form ; all 

 were nearly of the same size, about fi^e and a half 

 feet in diameter at the base, and six and a half feet 

 hig'h. They were made by placing* sapling's in the 

 g'round in a slanting- position, which were tied 

 tog'ether at the top and Avoven inside like wicker 

 work, with strips of small bamboo canes. The 

 whole was then covered with palm leaves, over 

 which was a coating- of tea-tree bark, very neatly 

 fastened b}^ strips of cane. They were substantially 

 built, and would no doubt keep out the wet effec- 



