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explore its beauties and wonders, walked for three miles up the 

 creek, for the last two miles we had walls of sandstone rock about 

 80 or 100 feet high on either side, the creek channel being about a 

 chain wide, running water the whole way. The creek in many 

 places formed into pools or rock ponds ; these were two and three 

 chains in length and ten and twelve feet deep, and so shaded by 

 rocks on every side that they cannot be looked upon as otherwise 

 than permanent for caravan purposes. I have called this " Gill's 

 Creek," after Mr. Thos. Gill, of Glen Osmond, and hon. treasurer 

 to the S.A. branch of the Royal Geographical Society, and the 

 range from whence it takes its rise, the " Cleland Hills," after Dr. 

 W. L. Cleland, of Parkside. Making our way up the cliff we 

 found ourselves upon sandstone hills, and soon found another 

 ravine down which water was running into the main channel. 

 Returned to the camp well satisfied with my day's ramble. 



Wednesday, May \5th.— Bar. 28-010in., ther. 39°, S.E. wind, 

 cold, and heavy dew. — By observation I find this place to be in 

 lat. 23° 49' 25", E. long. 130° 37'. Went up the east branch of the 

 creek ; found running water for over two miles, with perpendicular 

 walls upon either side. The channel is obstructed with enormous 

 boulders of rock, and does not form into deep pools like the one 

 we travelled up yesterday. Altogether there is nearly twelve miles 

 of running water in the different channels that empty themselves 

 into Gill's Creek. The glen at the head of this creek I have 

 named " Glen Emily," after my sister. I do not think this water 

 is always running, but it will continue to do so for some months to 

 come. Billy went down the creek with his rifle, and returned with 

 a fine kangaroo. This materially relieves our stock of meat, which 

 is not so well supplied as I should like it to be. I took several 

 landscape views of this interesting spot, and at the entrance to the 

 glen marked a gum tree 5 ^ 9 Kock specimens Nos. 41 to 47 

 collected. 



Thursday, May 16/'*.— Camp No. 28. Bar. 28-055in., ther. 45°. 

 — I would have much liked to stay another day or two amidst 

 such beautiful surroundings, but, as the camels had recruited and 

 were on the way to recovery. I decided to journey on to the west- 

 ward. During my stay here I had prospected in the creek 

 channel for minerals and put down several trial holes, but without 

 success. The rock formation is sandstone and quartzite, and, 

 though most diligent search was made, no trace of mineral-bearing 

 stone was discovered. Any future traveller that may approach this 

 spot will, if far enough to the south, observe a line of cliffs facing 

 the southward ; at their westerly end one more prominent than the 

 rest stands further to the south ; at the foot of this will be found 

 Gill's Creek. Started away at 945, steering S. 40° W. for about 

 one and a half miles to clear the hills, then taking up a due west 

 course we were soon in spinifex sandhills. The Cleland Hills could 

 be seen stretching away in a W.N.W. direction. Between us and 



