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water, but from which we soon obtained some by 

 dig'o'ing- a hole about two feet deep. We after- 

 wards found there was plenty of water in the creek 

 hig-her up to the eastward. 



Aug. 2dth. — We Avere oblig'ed to leave another 

 horse behind us this morning* as he was quite 

 unable to travel. We camped by the sand}^ bed of 

 a very broad river, with water only in reaches and 

 holes. There is, however, evidently a g'reat deal of 

 water running* here occasionally, as the bed of the 

 ri^er was six or seven hundred j^ards wide, with two 

 or three channels. The flood marks on the trees 

 were fifteen feet hig"h -, it has a north-easterly 

 course ; its bed was composed in places of larg*e 

 blocks of g'ranite and trap rock, which was very 

 difficult to walk upon, being* very slippery. Fine 

 melaleucas were g'rowing* on each side, which with 

 their long* pendulous shoots, and narrow silvery 

 leaves, afforded a fine shade from the heat of the 

 sun. There was plenty both of g-rass and water 

 for the horses, but most of them continued to g'row 

 weaker. 



Av/j. 30th and Slst. — The country was very 

 mountainous, and so full of deep g*ullies, that we 

 were frequently oblig*ed to follow the course of a 

 rocky creek, the turning's of which were very 

 intricate; to add to our difficulties, many of the 

 hills were covered with scrub so thickly that it was 

 with much difficulty that Ave could pursue our 

 course throug-h it. We had intended to have kept 



