100 , Kennedy's expebition. 



all the day ; some of them too had very steep banks^ 

 which presented another obstacle to the progress of 

 our horses. Between the creeks^ small patchesof 

 open forest land intervened^ with larg'e blocks of rock 

 scattered over them ; most of the creeks had a rocky 

 bottom; and were running to the eastward. 



July 23r<:?.— Sunday ^^ — we had prayers read as 

 usual at eleven o'clock, and halted for the day. 



July 24:th. — We resumed our journey through 

 the same description of country, cutting through 

 scrub, and occasionally travelling through open land, 

 timbered principally with Moreton Bay ash, box, 

 and flooded-gum, and covered with very long grass. 

 We crossed two creeks running to the northward, 

 on the side of the last of which we camped. We 

 were here compelled to shoot one of our horses, 

 which had fallen lame. During the week we had 

 made very little progress, being forced to turn in 

 every direction to avoid the deep gulleys, and the 

 scrub which invariably prevailed in the bends of the 

 creeks. A tribe of natives visited us at this camp, 

 and appeared very friendly ; they did not stop with 

 us long. I saw to-day several trees of the " white 

 apple," as we called it, and which I have before 

 described. 



July 25th.' — We entered the scrub on the side of 

 the creek, and proceeded ailong its banks with diffi- 

 culty, being oblig'ed to cut our way through, but it 

 grew less dense after we had skirted the creek a 

 short distance. We found the creek to be the 



