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The Staten River, de jacto, north of the Einasleigh, flows mainly 

 west, while the Lynd runs to north-north-west, and is east of the 

 heads of the Staten, de Jacto. 



On their way back to Camp 13, the reconnoitring party blazed 

 a track to guide the party with the cattle to Byerley Creek. 



After their return to Camp 13, the Brothers discussed the 

 situation with Richardson, who contended that the EINASLEIGH 

 RIVER, which they had by this time traced for 50 miles, could 

 be no other than the LYND. It is unfortunate that a question of 

 this sort should have been discussed with heat ; but so it was. 

 The Brothers lost confidence in the Surveyor, who, on his 

 part, performed his duties in a half-hearted and perfunctory 

 manner and, as it were, under protest, for the remainder of 

 the journey. 



On the 29^, the BROTHERS, accompanied by EULAH, set out on 

 a further reconnaissance to the north. Having crossed BYERLEY 

 CREEK (the RED RIVER of modern maps), they gave the name of 

 MAROON CREEK to what is now known to be the head of the 

 STATEN RIVER, de Jacto (the NASSAU RIVER, de jure). Further 

 north, they came on a creek running, like their Maroon Creek, 

 to the north-west, and named it COCKBURN CREEK. (SEE MAP H.) 

 The latter is a tributary, or head, of the Staten, dejacto, as is also 

 Byerley Creek, which, before it falls into the Staten River, de Jacto, 

 bears the names of Red River and Wyaaba Creek in parts of its 

 course. 



The reconnoitring party penetrated northward, as far as can 

 be made out, to about 16 35' S. lat. (approximate longitude 

 143 5' E.), having for some distance been travelling almost parallel 

 with the long-sought-for LYND. They TURNED BACK about 



15 miles south of the MITCHELL, and on yd November reached 

 the lagoons on BYERLEY CREEK (the Red River, de Jacto), to which 

 the body of the expedition had by this time moved, in two stages, 

 making this their CAMP 15. (SEE MAP L.) The majority of 

 the men who had been with the cattle were now suffering from 

 OPHTHALMIA. The shade temperature was 90 at daylight and 

 103 at noon. 



On ^th November, BYERLEY CREEK, now admitted not to be 

 the Lynd, was crossed within half a mile north of Camp 15. CAMP 



1 6 was about 4^ miles further north, on what was named BELLE 

 CREEK. 



On $ih November, the BROTHERS, accompanied by BINNEY, 

 EULAH and BARNEY, went ahead with the cattle and having marked 

 a line of trees for 15 miles to the north, camped for the night, 

 with the cattle, at MAROON CREEK (head of the STATEN RIVER, 

 de Jacto), in which there was no water. Some of the horses had 

 been missing when the cattle left Camp 16. These having at 

 length been collected, RICHARDSON, SCRUTTON AND COWDEROY 



