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which overhung- the creek. The horses were g'ot 

 into the creek with a g'reat deal of difficulty, then 

 harnessed to the carts, and we proceeded along- the 

 bed of the creek till we arrived at a spot where the 

 banks on the opposite side were not so steep. At 

 this place by harnessing* six horses to each of the 

 carts, we manag'ed to g'et them all out of the 

 creek without any accident. The bed of the creek 

 was composed of g-ranite pebbles. We encamped 

 on the northern side of it, the soil being" a strong* 

 clayey loam, well covered with gTass two or three 

 feet hig"h, so thick that it was difficult to walk 

 throug'h it. The country here was hilly open forest- 

 land, with a hig'h rang-e before us, running- north- 

 east. The trees were principally Moreton Bay ash, 

 box, and another species of eucalyptus, resembling" 

 the common iron-bark, but with long- narrow leaves. 

 I also found a mag-nificent species of Grevillea, 

 with fine pinnatifid silvery leaves, and beautiful 

 racemes of orang-e-coloured flowers ', also another 

 tree belong'ing- to the same natural order, rivalling- 

 the Grevillea in the beauty of its flowers, producing" 

 an abundance of cream-coloured blossoms, on com- 

 pound, terminal racemes. In the scrub by the side 

 of the creek, I found a most beautiful Scitamineous 

 plant, the foliag'e, root, and habit of which resembled 

 Hedycliium. The beauty of the plant consisted in 

 its larg"e, stiff', shining- hractem^ which continue to 

 g"row after the small pink blossoms have fallen. 

 The hractem are about half an inch broad at the 



