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his companions travelled 5 miles southward to CAMP 75 on 2jth 

 October. The camp was on the site of the present FAIRLIGHT 

 Cattle Station. The LITTLE KENNEDY has a longer course than 

 the ST. GEORGE, although the conjoined stream bears the latter 

 name until it falls into the Kennedy proper. 



On 2%tb October, u miles to the south, up the LITTLE KENNEDY, 

 brought the party to the summit of the DIVIDE, from which Hann 

 could see MOUNT MULGRAVE and other familiar landmarks. A 

 pass so narrow that the horses had to travel in single file led down 

 into the valley of the PALMER. The river was reached in a mile 

 and a half from the summit, and CAMP 76 was pitched on its bank, 

 opposite the mouth of GLENROY CREEK, between the camp of loth 

 and nth August and that of I2th August. 



Hann was now on well-known ground. He steered south on 

 ^Qth October for the east side of MOUNT MULGRAVE, at the south 

 end of which he fixed his CAMP 77. He estimates the distance 

 travelled at 17 miles, whereas it cannot have been less than 22, 

 which shows the necessity for the " easy-going " correction. 



On list October, 12 miles brought the party to the MITCHELL 

 RIVER, on the right bank of which CAMP 78 was pitched, opposite 

 the old Camp 16. 



On ist November, the party travelled 21 miles south by west to 

 ELIZABETH CREEK, on which CAMP 79 was made. The day's 

 journey was on the track now followed by the TELEGRAPH LINE 

 from the Walsh to the Palmer. The first 3 miles were BASALT, to 

 which succeeded 3 miles of sandy flat, and the remainder of the 

 journey was on a LIMESTONE formation. This bore, says Hann, 

 " some of the finest soil conceivable, the same as noted by me 

 on the outward trip." 



An old HORSE, which had been failing ever since, with some 

 others, it had been POISONED on the Annan on 26th September, 

 could be driven no further, and was left behind at this camp. 

 Great hauls of FISH were made in the Palmer and Mitchell. 



The camp was moved 3 miles south on 2nd November to an 

 ideal spot for grass and water for the horses. CAMP 80 was on 

 the site of the modern WALSH TELEGRAPH STATION, and about 

 2 miles north of Camp 12 of Hann's outward journey. 



The right bank of the WALSH was followed up for about 12 miles 

 on yd November, and CAMP 81 was between the former camps 

 Nos. n and 12. A further search was made for FOSSILS, as the 

 camp was where a collection had been made on the outward trip, 

 but nothing new was found, and those which had been hidden in 

 a cache had been spoiled by exposure to water. 



Still following the right bank of the WALSH for 9 miles, CAMP 

 82 was fixed next day (^th November) about 3 miles south-east of 

 Camp 10, and at or near the present crossing of the TELEGRAPH 

 LINE. 



