FIRST EXPEDITION 515 



CREEK. " Koolburra " Station, shown on the 4-mile map, should 

 be about 6 miles east- south- east of Camp 49. KENNEDY'S CAMP 

 of 24th September, 1848, was probably not far from my Camp 49. 

 -R. L. J.] 



September 26. We steered south-east (true) from Camp 49, 

 through flat or gently undulating country, with light-red sandy 

 soil, fairly grassed and with the same timber as on the previous day. 

 In 3^ miles from the camp, we crossed a third-magnitude creek 

 running north, with a small stream and large water-holes. Nine 

 and a half miles from the camp, we crossed a slightly more pro- 

 nounced undulation, on which a few small stones (ferruginous 

 sandstone) were visible. 



Nine miles further on, we caught a glimpse of mountains on 

 the left (higher beds of sandstone or conglomerate). In 2 miles 

 more we passed a third-magnitude creek running feebly to the 

 north, with deep lily water-holes. 



In a mile and a half more, we camped on a fourth-magnitude 

 creek, with water-holes ponded back by ledges of horizontal sand- 

 stone. This camp was within half a mile of the mountains seen 

 from the last creek. This and the creek last crossed are probably 

 the heads of Mulligan's WARNER CREEKS (CAMP 50: broad 

 arrow, J. 26/9/79.) 



September 27. We reached the base of the range in a mile and 

 a half from Camp 50. The range is composed of horizontally 

 bedded gritty sandstone, white and yellow, with much peroxide 

 of iron, which often segregates in concretionary masses. At the 

 point where we struck the sandstone range, it was penetrated by a 

 mass of intrusive pink felstone. 



Three miles in a generally south-south-east direction took us 

 through the sandstone range (ascending about 200 and descending 

 about 300 feet) to a pack track (the FIRST ROAD FROM COOKTOWN 

 TO THE PALMER) on the left bank of the KENNEDY RIVER. We 

 followed the track, which led east (true) for a quarter of a mile, 

 south-east for a quarter of a mile (by lovely reaches of blue water 

 between conglomerate walls), east- south- east for 2 miles, and north- 

 east for i mile. Here the river goes north and the track crosses 

 it and joins the PALMERVILLE AND COOKTOWN DRAY TRACK on the 

 right bank of the river. At the crossing the Kennedy has a sandy 

 bed, with a shallow stream running about 5 yards wide. 



The conglomerate in the valley of the Kennedy contains 

 pebbles of an older conglomerate, as well as of quartzite, quartz, 

 greywacke, slate and a few of granite in fact, it has all the appear- 

 ance of having been derived from the waste of the underlying 

 auriferous rocks. 



The point where we struck the road was the camping-place 

 known as the " KENNEDY BEND," 96 miles from Cooktown. 



1 A mistake : they were heads of THERRIMBURI CREEK. R. L. J. 



