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growing' but a few stunted shrubs^ and a blue 

 herbaceous plant belonging to the order Boragineai. 

 We also passed over other sandy flats covered with 

 broad-leafed Melaleucas and GreviUias, and a few 

 Banksias. On these flats ant-hills occurred, and in 

 their vicinity there was seldom much grass. The 

 grasses generally growing there were annual kinds. 

 It was Mr. Kennedy's opinion that the creek we 

 crossed this morning joined the river we left on the 

 16th^ and formed the Mitchell, although the country 

 hereabouts did not resemble the banks of the 

 Mitchell, as described by Leichhardt; but the 

 appearance of the country varies so much every few 

 miles, particularly to the westward, that it is 

 impossible to support an opposite opinion on this 

 ground. 



Sept. 25th. — As three of the horses could not be 

 found this morning, four men were left behind to 

 search for them while the rest of the party travelled 

 on. They had not come up with us at about four 

 o'clock, and being anxious to find water before dark, 

 we proceeded along a narrow open valley covered 

 with long grass and large pandanus trees, skirted 

 on each side by rather scrubby forest land. At 

 dark we reached a large water hole. One of the 

 men left behind shortly arrived, and stated that the 

 rest had halted for the night. Mr. Kennedy being 

 anxious to bring all the horses to water, and to have 

 the party together, sent me back to conduct them 

 to the camp, which I very soon did, even though it 



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