156 Kennedy's expedition. 



July 8th. — We were employed nearly all this 

 day in cutting- tliroug'h very thick scrub on the other 

 side of the creek. Whilst doing- so we had to cross 

 several other smaller ones^ all turning- east^ and in 

 the evening* we camj^ed on a small p-atch of open 

 forest land^ covered with long* coarse g-rass^ and 

 larg'e blocks of coarse g'ranite rock jutting* out here 

 and there. 



July dth. — This being- Sunday we halted for the 

 day^ and prayers were read at ele\^en o'clock. 



July 10th and 11th. — AVe continued throug-hout 

 these da3^s cutting* throug-h belts of scrub^ and cross- 

 ing* small creeks^ running* from the west and north- 

 west^ and turning* east. During* the latter day we 

 were visited by a small tribe of natives, who appeared 

 very friendly and did not stop long*. I found a 

 larg-e quantity of Castanospermum seeds in one of 

 the creeks, apparently put there to steep by the 

 natives, Avho use them for food. They informed me 

 that they steep them in water for five days, and 

 then cut them into thin slices and dry them in the 

 sun* they are then pounded between two larg*e 

 stones, and the meal being* moistened with Avater is 

 baked on a flat stone, raised from the g*round a fcAv 

 inches, with a small fire burning* beneath. I after- 

 wards saw some of the meal baked, but it was not 

 very palatable. 



July 12th and ISth. — Our journey still continued 

 through scrub, intersected by small creeks, which 

 we had to cross, and by patches here and there of 



