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Sections of strata traversed in boeixg for water in tlia 

 country between Cooper's Creek and Warburton Eiver.* 

 Communicated by Gr. L. Debney. 

 IS'o. 1 Site, three and a half miles North of Cooper's Creek 



and twenty miles east of Lake Eyre : — 



Surface soil, clay-loam 

 Yellow clay ... 

 G-ypsum bed 

 "White sand... 



Yellow clay, mixed with red 

 Clay, mixed with gypsum ... 

 Pine white sand, resembling sea sand 

 Coarse yellow and white sand, with salt 

 water 



Xo. 2 Site, two miles farther North from No 



Surface soil, reddish-yellow sand 



Yellow sand 



AVhite sand ... 



Red clay and gypsum 



Red clay 



Eed clay and gypsum 



Blue clay 



Blue clay and sand 



Bluish sand ... 



Blue clay and salt water ... 



No. 3 Site, ten miles North of No. 2 :- 



Surface soil, dark clay-loam 



Yellow clay... 



Yellow clay, mixed with gypsum.. 



White sand... 



Yellow sand, mixed with red 



Bed of gypsum 



Clay, yellow, mixed with gypsum 



White sand... 



Yellow clay ... 



JT. 



2 



14 

 3 

 1 



20 



14 



1 



IN. 

 





 

 6 

 

 

 



10 



24 ft. in. 



FT. 

 1 



32 



16 



2 

 22 



2 



6 



1 



6 



88 ft. 



No water, obliged to remove camp on account of water 

 drying up. 



* For topography, consult sketch map of the Lewis' Exploring Party. — Ed. 



