170 Kennedy's expedition. 



northerly direction^ and camped by the side of a 

 creek runnmg- west b}' south^ which^ with the last 

 two creeks we had passed, we doubted not^ from 

 the appearance of the countryj ran into the river 

 we had crossed on the 20th inst. The country 

 appeared to fall considerabl}^ to the westward. All 

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

 the rang'e (that crossed on the 10th instant) rose in 

 or near the coast rang-e^ and appeared to run 

 westerly across the peninsula into the Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria. 



Although few of them appeared to be constantly 

 running-^ 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)j Ghjccna^ Kennedya, Mucuna, and 

 a strong* growing* Ijwmoea, with herbaceo-fibrous 

 roots^ and palmate leaves j and in a few places 

 bamboos were growing. 



The trees were^ Eugenias, TerminaUas, Castano- 

 spet^mumSj with t\^'o or three kinds of deciduous figs, 

 bearing' large bunches of ^^ellowish fruit on the 

 trunks. Although we frequently partook of these 

 figs I found they did not agree with us , three or 

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

 tity^ although advised not to do so^ suffered severely 

 from pain in the head and swelling of the eyes. 

 The forest trees on the iron-stone ridges were 

 stringy-bark, and on the grassy hills, box, Moreton 



