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water, but from which we soon obtained some by 

 dig'g'ing' a hole about two feet deep. We after- 

 wards found there was plenty of water in the creek 

 higher up to the eastward. 



Aug. 29th. — We were obliged to leave another 

 horse behind us this morning' as he was quite 

 unable to travel. We camped by the sandy bed of 

 a very broad river, with water only in reaches and 

 holes. There is, however, evidently a great deal of 

 water running here occasionally, as the bed of the 

 river was six or seven hundred yards wide, with two 

 or three channels. The flood marks on the trees 

 were fifteen feet highj it has a north-easterly 

 course j its bed was composed in places of large 

 blocks of granite and trap rock, which was very 

 difiicult to walk upon, being very slippery. Fine 

 melaleucas were growing on each side, which with 

 their long pendulous shoots, and narrow silvery 

 leaves, afforded a fine shade from the heat of the 

 sun. There was plenty both of grass and water 

 for the horses, but most of them continued to grow 

 weaker. 



Aug. 30th and 31st. — The country was very 

 mountainous, and so full of deep gullies, that we 

 were frequently obliged to follow the course of a 

 rocky creek, the turnings of which were very 

 intricate; to add to our difficulties, many of the 

 hills were covered with scrub so thickly that it was 

 with much difficulty that we could pursue our 

 course through it. We had intended to have kept 



