NAEBATIVE OF MR. CARRON. 19S 



We had never seen a wild native dog- during- the 

 journey. Our dog- that we had left behind came 

 into the camp to-nig"ht, very much exhausted, 

 having" travelled about thirty miles j he must have 

 subsisted on nondas, as it was impossible he could 

 have caug-ht anything-, and we had seen him eat 

 them before. He died the following- morning-. 



Sept. 30^^.— After travelhng- a short distance we 

 crossed a small river running- eastward : for some 

 distance down it, the water was brackish, and at 

 spring- tide the salt water came up to our camp ; 

 but we obtained good water from a small lagoon 

 near the camp. We proceeded over a larg-e plain 

 well covered with g-ood grass, the soil stiff clay. 

 We proceeded about five or six miles on this plain, 

 turning- westward towards a lag-oon surrounded by 

 Stravadiums and a few very larg-e palms. We 

 hoped to find water in it, but it was dr};-, and 

 fearing- we should not be able to reach water before 

 dark if ^^e proceeded in this direction, we thoug-ht 

 it better to return to our camp. 



Oct. 1st. — We had prayers this day as usual on 

 Sundays, at eleven o'clock. We saw native fires at 

 a distance to the north-east of our camp, but the 

 natives did not come near us. I went up what we 

 fancied was the river by Avhich we had camped, but 

 found it only a creek ; but it had plenty of water in 

 it at this season. There were several small lag-oons 

 near it. There were large drooping tea-trees 

 (Melaleucas) growing on its banks, and large palm 



