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to the camp, having- determined on a route by 

 which we should proceed up the mountain. Mr. 

 Kennedy spoke very hig-hly of Jackey, and thoughf 

 him one of the best men of the party for cutting' 

 away scrub and choosing* a path • he never seemed 

 tired, and was very careful to avoid deep guUies. 



Aug. 3rd. — We started early this morning, and 

 jiroceeded up a spur of the range, in a north- 

 westerly direction, but could not get so far as they 

 had cleared. We managed to get twenty-three 

 horses and their loads up to a flat place on the 

 range, but, after several efforts, being unable to 

 drive or lead the other horse up, we left him tied to 

 a tree in the scrub. We found him all rig'ht the 

 next morning, but as there was nothing but scrub 

 before us, Mr. Kennedy thought it prudent to send 

 the horses back to ^here there was grass and water 

 for them, whilst some of the party cleared a path. 

 After v.'e had entered the scrub, we crossed a small 

 creek, running rapidly, and which joined another 

 running from the north-eastward, and which at 

 theu" junction, form the river we had been camped 

 at for the last few previous days. 



The creeks ran over precipitous rocky falls, and it 

 was Mr. Kennedy's opinion, that all the creeks we 

 have met with on this side (coast side) the range, 

 run into the swamps, and there spread, and gather- 

 ing again, form into channels and run into Rocking- 

 ham Bay. There is a large tract of land opposite 

 Rockingham Bay which is occupied by swamps. 



