28 EXPLORATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 



Then I fci-avelled N.W., 2 miles through very level pine forest, 

 the pines being very high, and struck a gully going in the same 

 direction in open country, where it turned into a fine running 

 creek. Five uiiles further on a creek came in from N.W. As 

 the country was so level I ran it up for a mile and then 

 concluded I was on the same creek as before, but they junctioned 

 and then ran South. One mile further on it entered a gorge. 

 I climbed a pine tree, and following it as far as I could with my 

 eye it appeared to continue to flow tiouth through the gorge. 

 I believe it to be the head of the Barnett. Here I found a kind 

 of stone char<jred with mineral. As I was smashing it with a 

 piece of rock one of the stone.^ hit me on the knee and caused 

 me most agonising pain for a time. I had to camp very early 

 and doctor the limb. 1 considered that I was then 1700 feet 

 above Derby, and that I should soon commence a big descent. 



We crossed the Caroline Range at 2,000 feet above 

 Derby. The travelling was very rough, but still it 

 might easily have been worse. We then camped on a creek 

 runninir west, surrounded by mountains. One of my blacks 

 shot a kind of parrot that I had never seen before. I had it 

 skinned for the purpose of future identification. I then reckoned 

 that I was about 60 miles from the mouth of the Prince Regent 

 River. Although we were still in a wonderful country for water, 

 the creeks contain no black bream, such as we caught in 

 abundance on the other side of the range. We crossed several 

 running creeks, and I found that the creek we had 

 caujped on the previous night was the head of the Isdell. 

 Climbing a rocky mountain, I got a number of sights, 

 getting even ]\It. Ord and Mt. Bold Bluff. The former must be 

 a very high mountain, as it showed up splendidly. The latter 

 I could make out with my glass. It is on a bearing of 4:5 from 

 I\It. Broome, Mt. Ord bearing 85, Mt. Ord from Mt. Bold Bluff 

 111^, Mt. Ord from Rocky Mountain 196, Bold Bluff 205, .so if 

 so Avished the position may be fixed. The creek runs north- 

 west, and the country it passes through is fearfully rough. The 

 ■water, on the other hand, is splendid. 



Owing to the interposition of gorges, I was unable to 

 run the creek down, so I travelled north-west, and striking a 

 gully running- in that direction, I followed it for five miles. On 

 this creek I saw the finest Leichhardt tree I have ever seen. 

 I followed the creek till it entered a larger one coming from the 

 east. I ran it to the west for two miles and then found that it 

 junctioned with the creek we had camped on. I ran it down 



