80 Mr. Gellibrand's Memoranda of 



Stewart should lead his horse to the settlement. My object 

 in doing this was to afford him the opportunity of inspecting 

 Nos. 1 and 2, in order that he might report thereupon to 

 Capt. Swanston, and to accomplish this purpose I should 

 have deprived myself of Stewart's assistance. Mr. Furgesson, 

 without even thanking me for the offer, observed that black 

 men were very careless, and that he should not trust his horse 



Mr. Eurgesson . . . him the 



gun, and he then wished me good morning. During the 

 whole of our journey through the bush, the fires had been 

 produced by phosphoric matches which Mr. Furgesson 

 had, independent of which he also carried a steel with pre- 

 pared punk. I felt much surprised at his conduct, and not 

 knowing whether we might experience any difficulty in ob- 

 taining fire, I said to him — If you leave us, what shall we do 

 without your matches?" He simply replied — "O, you will 

 have no difficulty in obtaining fire and 



Mount Cotterill was 

 in full view, and he could have easily reached home that after- 

 noon. We then proceeded N.W. about two miles, and as we 

 were desirous of seeing the land to the westward, we left our 

 horses with the servants, and ascended the summit of the 

 Sugar Loaf Hill, about half a mile distant. We had now 

 only a single-barrelled gun for our protection. We then al- 

 tered our course nearly due N., and passed over some very 

 good plains, and near the foot of a tier of hills. We crossed 

 over two or three rivulets, beside one of which we dined. 

 We then ....... 



last, on our way from 

 to the line extending to the Villamanata Hills. We passed 

 over two other creeks which appeared to flow in a southerly 

 direction. We continued our course until we again reached 

 the Salt Water River. The land of No. 1 is very good, and 

 is well watered. We crossed three chains of ponds, about 

 three miles distant from each other. We stayed on the banks 

 all night, and as Ave did not reach the river till near dark and 

 were fatigued, we did not . . hut 



About twelve at night we 

 upon the hills to avoid the mosquitoes, and when we had 

 descended into the bottom we found the fire almost out. We 

 roused the party, and were at length, with the greatest diffi- 

 culty, enabled to make the fire burn. It continued burning 



