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muddy water in it." The distance travelled was about 20 miles, 

 and the camp would be about 14 24' of south latitude. 



On 8th September, a distance of 10 miles was travelled, in a 

 south-easterly direction. Several lagoons and creeks were passed. 

 One fine lagoon, 6 miles from Camp 34, was selected as a camping- 

 place, but the horses would not look at the old grass, and the 

 new " burnt feed " was so short that it meant rambling and semi- 

 starvation, and the men, very unwillingly, repacked and went on 

 for 4 miles to a moist teatree flat where there was good feed and 

 where water could be obtained by digging. CAMP 35 must have 

 been about 2 miles north of the ANNIE RIVER. It is worthy of 

 note that two SHEEP had come with the party as far as this camp, 

 where they were lost, but were recovered through the " unerring 

 eyesight " of the black boy Jerry. 



On gth September, a stage of 10 miles south-east and 2 east 

 was made through inundable country. At a lagoon, 2 miles from 

 Camp 35, probably on the Annie River, some NATIVES were met, 

 and fish-hooks were amicably exchanged for a net and string of 

 native manufacture. CAMP 36 was on " a creek with large water- 

 holes " SALTWATER CREEK, which rises near the Musgrave Station 

 on the Cape York Telegraph Line. 



From the Stewart River to Saltwater Creek, Hann's track coin- 

 cided with, or at least was parallel and close to, KENNEDY'S TRACK, 

 Kennedy having crossed the Annie River on his northward journey 

 on 9th October, 1848. 



On loth September, a march of 2 miles to the east brought the 

 party to the bank of a large river fringed with clumps of fan palms 

 of immense size and beauty. CAMP 37 was pitched here, as the 

 Leader was convinced that he was now on the river seen by Kennedy 

 on 9th October, 1848. KENNEDY'S RIVER was described by Carron 

 as " deep, and about loo yards wide, the water salt, and the banks 

 high." And there is every reason to believe that it was the ANNIE 

 RIVER, as, according to Carron, it enters Princess Charlotte Bay 

 in 14 30' S. lat. 



The expedition halted for a day at Camp 37, while Hann and 

 Jerry explored the lower reaches of the river. 



On 1 2th September, the party followed the river up to the south- 

 east for 14 miles as Hann supposed, but actually for about 

 10. CAMP 38 was on the left bank of the river. A day's halt was 

 made here while Hann, Taylor and Jerry rode down the river, 

 where they met with " several mobs of NATIVES, most of them 

 friendly," to whom presents of fish-hooks were made. In their 

 absence Warner made a last attempt to " take the sun," but as the 

 angle could not be read on the sextant, it was concluded that in 

 future distances would have to be computed by dead reckoning. 



Hann was sorely puzzled by this river. At first he had no doubt 

 that it was " KENNEDY'S RIVER," and " Kennedy's river " had become 



