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the valley towards the south-east, where I met Mr. Cunning- 

 ham, who had found a good water hole, (apparently at a 

 spring,) with a large rock in the centre. I accordingly con- 

 ducted the party to it, and we encamped about four p. m. 

 Here we were joined by Charles King, a man whose services 

 1 had taken some trouble to obtain, and who gave me now 

 a proof of his strength and fitness for such an undertaking, 

 by coming from Emu plains, distant 145 miles, in little more 

 than two days. For this man, I was indebted to Sir John 

 Jamieson. The above feat I thought deserved to be recorded, 

 and I therefore gave his name to the water-course, on which 

 we had encamped. The party was now complete, and I was 

 glad to find that "Dr. Souter," no longer " a new chum," was 

 the best of aood fellows with the other men. He had brought 

 a flute, on which he played tolerably well, either after the 

 acquisition of a kangaroo, or when we had good water, or 

 during any very serene evening. 



April 9. — As usual, I proceeded some way in advance, 

 marking the line of trees to be followed by the party, and I 

 was fortunate in finding an easier ascent for our wheel car- 

 riages, to the range before us, than I had expected. On 

 descending the opposite side, we entered a fine valley, well 

 watered ; and which, had we known the country better, we 

 might have reached on the previous evening. We next tra- 

 velled over fine forest land, and by keeping some rocky hills, 

 consisting of trap, on our right, we headed the deep ravines 

 and bold ranges, which appeared to branch from them to the 

 northward. Thus, we journeyed along very good ground, 

 the slopes being easy, and unimpeded by timber. At one 

 o'clock, I ascended a pic, and obtained, for the first time since 

 I approached these ranges, an uninterrupted view of the 

 country to the westward of them. From this point, I recog- 

 nised several other hills, observed from the Canobolas, some 

 of which did not appear very distant. A square-topped emi- 

 nence, bearing west-south-west a great way off, I supposed 

 might be Mount Granard ; and a few other heights more to the 



