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large yards made of brush that were gairie-traps c:nsi:riicted 

 hj the natives, and were in some instances of great extent. 

 At seven miles met with huge granite outcrops in the shape 

 of boulders piled one upon the other, amongst which the 

 native fig was growing. The eastern side of this granite 

 outcrop was followed, and here was procured the ''Pied 

 Honey-eater" (Cerfhionyx varif^r/afusj for the first time. 

 Our camp at the end of the range was situated under a big 

 mass of granite boulders amidst a thicket of bright flowering 

 ^/attle trees f Acacia dorato.xlon ), the flowers and leaves of 

 which yielded a good many small insects, and some land shells 

 were found amongst the debris at the foot of the fig trees. 

 A great many reck wallabies came out at sundown on the 

 western side to bask on the rocks heated by the afternoon 

 sun. Amongst the granite .boulders grew "a beautiful shrub 

 covered in a wealth of glorious blossoms, some of the bunches 

 of which were 8 to 10 inches in length, of a light-cream 

 •colour outside and dark-brown centre. Various travellers 

 and explorers seem to have identified this plant as Tecoma 

 -australis, but Mr. Black correctly thinks that this is a mis- 

 take, for the flowers and bunches are much larger than those 

 of that species; and if it were T. australis, growing in such a 

 •dry country, it should be much smaller. Although it is often 

 stated that the natives procure their spear-shafts from this 

 plant, I never once (although hundreds of shrubs were 

 examined) saw a stem straight or long enough for that pur- 

 pose. It may be the plant throws up long shoots during good 

 seasons. This shrub was never found upon the plains or level 

 country, but grew amongst the rocks, from 10 to 15 feet tall, 

 showing no signs of a creeping habit. It is gorgeous when in 

 full flower, and the time of our visit seemed its flowering 

 reason, for hardly a plant was observed that was not covered 

 w-ith great bunches of flowers, and the ground beneath was 

 :strewn with quaint boat-shaped seed-cases of the previous 

 season. Mr. Black places it as Tecoma oxleyi. Our course 

 now lay north of west, and our caravan was soon swallowed 

 up in a dense mulga scrub. Kangaroo tracks were very 

 numerous, but the animals themselves were seldom seen. 

 Heached a rough and rugged range at 4 p.m., and when on 

 top sighted the Musgrave Ranges at sixty miles. The country 

 now gradually sloped to the west, and from three to four 

 miles we passed through saltbush and bluebush, w^ith a little 

 m.ulga, then big mulga appeared, with a great quantity 

 of old dry grass amongst it. A bitterly cold wind blew from 

 the east all day, but died away at sundown, and set in for a 

 freezing night. Birds were very scarce in this country, still 

 sufficient were obtained to keep us busy each evening. 



