MULLIGAN'S FIFTH EXPEDITION 449 



On i^th June, after travelling 10 degrees south of west for 

 9 miles, Firth's OLD FOSSILBROOK STATION, which by this time had 

 come to be known as the " Woolshed," was reached. CAMP 29. 

 This was HANN'S STARTING-POINT of 26th June, 1872. Mulligan 

 arrived at Firth's MOUNT SURPRISE STATION on the following day, 

 and on i6th June, 1875, ne ro< ^ e to JUNCTION CREEK, whence he 

 telegraphed to Brisbane a short progress report, in which he referred 

 to the DISCOVERY OF TIN. During his stay at Mount Surprise it 

 was reported that the BLACKS had been spearing the station horses 

 and in some instances cutting off their legs. 



Some of Mulligan's horses became seriously ill after leaving 

 Poison Creek on nth June. None of them, however, died of the 

 POISON, but some were still suffering from its effects a fortnight 

 later. 



