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creek of the fourth magnitude, draining the western side of the 

 CARRON RANGE. After running this creek down for 2 miles to 

 the north, we crossed to its right bank, and altered our course to 

 N. I5E. to strike the south-west angle of TEMPLE BAY, having 

 made arrangements through Mr. B. Fahey [then Sub- Collector of 

 Customs at Cooktown. R. L. J.] to communicate from the 

 " remarkable red cliffs " with the keeper of the PIPER ISLAND 

 LIGHTSHIP. 



After 4 miles of white sandy soil, with stringybark, applegum, 

 bloodwood, grasstree and pandanus, we reached a SANDSTONE 

 ESCARPMENT facing east and made a descent of about 200 feet over 

 edges of horizontal strata of gritty and pebbly sandstone. We 

 camped in a fine grassy bottom among GIGANTIC IRONBARK TREES. 

 Several EMUS were seen, but we failed to shoot any. (CAMP 40. 

 Latitude, by observation of Canopus, 12 23' S.) From a hill 

 behind the camp, which Crosbie and I ascended, we saw the 

 PIPER ISLAND LIGHTSHIP, bearing E. 38 N. ; HAGGERSTONE ISLAND, 

 bearing N. 33 E. ; and BOLT HEAD, bearing N. 8 E. 



[KENNEDY, with JACKEY-]ACKEY, COSTIGAN, DUNN and LUFF, 

 on their forlorn march towards Cape York, probably passed the 

 site of my Camp 40 about i6th November, 1848. R. L. J.] 



February 16. Leaving Camp 40, we ran down the right bank 

 of the gully for I mile (N. I5E.) and crossed. For the rest of 

 the day we kept nearly parallel to the coast-line, which here trends 

 north and south. On the left bank of the gully we crossed a 

 porphyry spur of the sandstone-capped hills, and had a view of 

 the PIPER, FORBES, QUOIN and HAGGERSTONE ISLANDS, and CAPE 

 GRENVILLE. A mile and a half from the gully (by the edge of a 

 low sandstone rise, fairly well grassed) we crossed a fourth- magnitude 

 creek, flanked by chains of lagoons (probably the creek we crossed 

 yesterday). On its banks were heaps of sea-shells, and extensive 

 remains of old NATIVE CAMPS. [This creek, according to the 4-mile 

 Lands map, falls into a larger water-course named GLENNIE CREEK, 

 which shortly afterwards falls into Temple Bay. R. L. J.] 



In 3 miles more, partly on the edge of coast flats (sandy, with 

 teatree and sandalwood scrub, etc.), and partly on the edge of the 

 sandstone rise (redsoil country, well grassed), we camped on the 

 right bank of an insignificant gully. (CAMP 41.) 



From a point near this camp the LIGHTSHIP bore E. 27 N. 



After we had settled the camp, Crosbie and I went ahead to 

 see whether it was possible to reach the " REMARKABLE RED CLIFF " 

 by the coast. 



In I mile, by low SANDHILLS, we crossed the mouth of a fourth- 

 magnitude creek. North of the creek was a low promontory of 

 brown sandstone, 10 feet high, under 20 feet of red cement. 



In a mile and a half of low SANDHILLS we crossed the mouth of 

 a third- or fourth-magnitude creek, with some NATIVE HUTS con- 



