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ligent fellow. To all which he ajjpeared to coinprcheiid of 

 what I said, his answer was, " Awoy," accompanied by a 

 nod, as if he had said, " O yes." On my mentioning 

 " Goindura Gaily," and making the signs of paddling a 

 canoe, he pointed immediately to the westward. This term, 

 I understood from the Bungan tribe to mean salt-water ; 

 water being kally, gaily, or gallo. So " bungan gallo," was 

 the name of the lower Bogan, and Bogan gallo that of tlie 

 upper Bogan. " Goindura" I understood to mean salt, in 

 consequence of that word having been used by the chief of 

 the Bogan, when I shewed him some salt. Among the 

 tribe we now communicated with, there appeared a greater 

 variety of feature and complexion, than I had ever seen in 

 aboriginal natives elsewdiere ; most of them had straight 

 brown hair, but others had Asiatic features, much resem- 

 bling Hindoos, with a sort of woolly hair. There were two 

 old men with grey beards, who sat silent ; and one wha 

 maintained a very ceremonious face, seemed intent on pre- 

 serving decorum, for he silenced a boy with a slight blow, 

 who had eagerly spoken, while I was endeavouring to 

 remind them of the former exploring party. After they 

 had sat a very short time, and I had pointed out the direc- 

 tion in which I was proceeding, they arose and went away, 

 and we continued our journey. After we had advanced a 

 mile or two, a deep reach of the Bogan appeared on our 

 right, or northward ; and one of the natives, followed by 

 others, who remained at some distance behind, came up to 

 tell us there was water. We accordingly gave the cattle 

 some, and then went on, finally encamping on a bit of plain 

 near the Bogan, where Oxlej's Table-land bore about south- 

 south-east, and having travelled nearly twelve miles. Ob- 

 served latitude .33° 3' 29'' S. 



Oxleifs Table-land from the N. W. 



