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he was unpacked, and it took an Jiour at least to raise him, though 

 the ground was hard. He either could or would make no effort to 

 help himself. His pack was put on " Queensland " for the rest 

 of the day. He seemed to be constipated, but otherwise we could 

 not discover what was the matter with him. 



In I mile to the north, on the top of the sandstone hills 

 (RICHARDSON RANGE), 1 through thick vine, palm and fruit-tree 

 SCRUB (which had to be cut) we crossed a fourth-magnitude creek 

 running east. We then coasted a SCRUB for half a mile to west- 

 north-west, when we cut a passage through it (in the same direction). 

 It proved to be only a narrow belt. 



In a quarter of a mile to the north, through HEATHY COUNTRY, 

 we reached a fourth- magnitude creek running north-west and 

 fringed with a dense SCRUB, which had to be cut through. 



Half a mile more of open country (to the north) brought us to 

 a boggy pandanus gully, running north-west. A BRIDGE had 

 to be built over this gully before we could cross it. [A tributary of 

 the Jardines' McHENRY CREEK. R. L. J.] 



Half a mile to the east, half of the distance up a second pandanus 

 gully, also falling to the north-west, we crossed the gully and were 

 stopped by a SCRUB (which we had to cut) fringing a gully falling 

 to the south. 



One mile to the north, through forest timber, with an UNDER- 

 GROWTH OF BRUSHWOOD, we reached a DENSE SCRUB, through which 

 we had to cut our way. 



In half a mile NNE. (down off the tableland, a scarcely notice- 

 able descent )over HEATH AND BRUSH, we reached a fourth- magnitude 

 creek, running WNW. We followed it down for a quarter of a mile, 

 and crossed to the right bank. 



In 2 miles further NNE. we were pulled up by a SCRUB, and 

 having got water in a gully, and a little very coarse GRASS, we camped 

 just at nightfall. (CAMP 52.) 



" BROWNIE " was tied up close by the site of the cook's tent. 

 When the tents had been put up and the fire lit, we discovered 

 that " Brownie " had slipped his head out of the halter and 

 VANISHED. As his packs contained ALL OUR EATABLES, besides 

 Love's tent and swag, and the night was dark and rainy, our con- 

 cern may be imagined. After some earnest searching by all hands 

 he was caught by Macdonald. 



RAIN fell nearly all day ; but there was not much during the 

 night. 



March 3. The HORSES were all SCATTERED in the morning and 

 it took a long time to find them. The last of the prospectors' 

 horses was found by Charlie at two o'clock, but one little mare of 

 mine, named "OLIVE," was still MISSING. While the horses were 

 being sought for in the morning, I penetrated the SCRUB to the 



* See note, p. 581. 



