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left, and composes part of a low range. Road now leaves the low 

 ground, and ascends a gentle slope, but is hard and good. 



Twelve miles and three furlongs.— Cross a dry nulla, road sandy 

 but good, over an undulating country covered with milk bush, and 

 quite a desert. 



Thirteen miles and five furlongs. — Cross a dry nulla with broken 

 banks, country as before. 



Fourteen miles and two furlongs. — Sandy bed of a river, ground 

 undulating, road pretty good. 



Fourteen miles, and five furlongs. — Peepree river and ruined cara- 

 vanserai. The river is from thirty to fifty yards wide, banks broken, 

 rocky bed filled with sand, three wells of pretty good water, largest 

 eleven feet deep, four in diameter, with thirteen inches of water. 

 The soil is a stiff sand. The other wells are smaller, one is quite 

 dry; six cattle and four buffaloes seen watering here. Country a 

 complete desert, with scattered milk bushes. No travellers of any 

 kind seen this march, but the road is well defined throughout; a 

 flock of goats seen near Wattangee Landhee. 



From Peepree River to Shurabee, a village in the Mulleer district. 



Four furlongs. — Road very much cut up; on the right bank of the 

 Peepree river deep and sandy, country desert, and scattered with 

 milk bush. 



Seven furlongs.— Small open plain to the right, country to the left 

 undulating, and covered with milk bush, road hard and good. 



Two miles and three furlongs. — Sandy bed of a river about fifty yards 

 wide, left bank much broken by ravines and precipitous, descent very 

 bad, ascent on right bank easy : road up to this good, country desert, 

 scattered with milk bush and low thorns. 



Three miles. — Sandy bed of a river, about forty yards wide. Banks 

 precipitous, from ten to fifteen feet high, descent on left bank very 

 bad. A ravine runs on the right bank, for about a furlong on the 

 immediate right of the road. Country desert, undulating, scattered 

 with milk bush, road hard and generally good. 



Five miles and seven furlongs Sandy bed of a river about thirty 



yards wide, banks precipitous and broken ; road good and hard. 



