188 Notes on the 



Typha Shuttleworthii, Koch, and Sonder in Synops. Flor. 



Germ, et Helv., II., 786. 

 Juncus maritimus, Lam. Encycl. Bot., III., 264. 

 Cyperus angustatus, R. Br. prodr., 214. 

 Cyperus rotundus, L. Syst. Veg., 98. 

 Panicum villosnm, R. Br. pr., 192. 



Art. XIX. — Notes of a recent personal visit to the unoccu- 

 pied Northern District of Queensland. By William 

 Lockhart Morton, Esq., with a Map of the District. 



[Eeacl before the Institute, January 23, I860.] 



I have the honor to lay before the Institute, this evening, a 

 few particulars respecting the extreme northern limits of 

 civilisation in Australia, and in reference to a considerable 

 extent of unoccupied country to the north and west of those 

 limits. 



I propose to confine my remarks to the climate, to the 

 geographical features, and the geological character of the 

 country I travelled over, "and to its capabilities as an agricul- 

 tural and pastoral settlement ; concluding with some general 

 remarks explaining how few facilities are granted for actual 

 settlement. 



Landing at Rockhampton, on the Fitzroy River, I went, in 

 company with two other persons, first northerly, parallel to 

 the coast, to within a few miles of Mount Funnel. After- 

 wards, travelling westerly from Broad Sound, I crossed the 

 River Isaacs, and traced up the Mackenzie for about one 

 hundred miles. 



For the sake of distinctness, I propose to begin with the 

 River Fitzroy. 



This river, which is formed, as you are all aware, by the 

 confluence of the two large rivers, the Isaacs and Mackenzie, 

 was first discovered by Dr. Leichhardt, empties itself through 

 several channels into Keppel Bay. This bay at one time 

 doubtless extended thirty miles further west, or as far inland 

 as the site of Rockhampton, but it has apparently been gra- 

 dually filled up by the debris of the river ; a process which is 



