724 NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA 



name in the sketch-map drawn at the Geological Survey Office 

 and the 1915 issue of the 4- mile map. 



From Camp 52 to Camp 53, northward, "hugging the range 

 all the way, but rather too close," there was difficult country, but 

 a distance estimated by Dick at n miles was covered. CAMP 53 

 (26th September} was near the junction of two boggy and scrubby 

 creeks, tributaries of the Lockhart River. 



In this day's diary, Dick records an instance of the ABORIGINAL 

 method of disposal of the DEAD. The body reposed on the limbs 

 of a tree and beside it were some spears and wimmeras. 



On 2jth September, continuing the journey to the north near 

 the range, but keeping to the low country, CAMP 54 was pitched 

 on the site of Camp 31 of the outward trip. Good grass for the 

 horses had already replaced the mat of old grass which had been 

 burned. Some large " buck " reefs of quartz were observed. 



The northward course was pursued for four hours on 2%th 

 September, between the left bank of the LOCKHART RIVER and the 

 MC!LWRAITH RANGE. Some of the " BLADY GRASS " which had 

 escaped the fires was 18 FEET HIGH. 



On 29^ September, the party finally left the Lockhart Valley 

 and the foot of the MC!LWRAITH RANGE was reached in about 

 miles. The ascent to the summit must have been easy, as it was 

 accomplished in an hour and a half. MOUNT CARTER was sighted, 

 and CAMP 56 was pitched near the summit of the range. 



Near the camp, NED JAMES was again met with, engaged in 

 packing sandalwood with twenty-five horses. In the course of con- 

 versation, he informed the prospectors that WILLIAM LAKELAND 

 had been out in this neighbourhood and had got coarse GOLD. 



Dickie and Dick prospected a creek (a head of the BATAVIA 

 or SEFTON CREEK ?) the following day, but got no gold. They 

 then climbed MOUNT CARTER, which was of granite, and which 

 Dick estimated at 2,000 feet high. From the summit, a creek 

 was seen running NE. into Lloyd Bay, the SEFTON VALLEY lay to 

 the south and in the north the PASCOE VALLEY was seen falling to 

 the west. Between the camp and the mountain was a blazed 

 TRACK leading in the direction of Lloyd Bay. 



On ist October, the party left Camp 56, and, keeping Mount 

 Carter on the right, coursed SE. and SW., and camped (CAMP 57) 

 on the BATAVIA RIVER. A quartz outcrop, which had been pros- 

 pected before, was seen on the way. The party remained in Camp 

 57 till 4th October. 



On the 2nd, the ubiquitous NED JAMES again turned up, with 

 a party of blacks. The boys provided the explorers with an emu, 

 a turkey and a hen, which they had shot. 



On ^th October, the party moved on to WSW. and after passing 

 three SANDALWOOD CAMPS, reached BAIRD'S PINNACLES, where they 

 camped (CAMP 58). The pinnacles are weathered towers of 



