A VOYAGE TO 
by keeping clofe to the banks of a fmall creek for about 
four miles, they contrived to pafs the coverj and idr the 
three fiicceeding days continued their courfe to the weft- 
ward. The country through which they travelled was 
Angularly fine, level, or riling in fmall hills of a very 
pleafing and pi6lurefque appearance. The foil excellent, 
except in a few fmall fpots where it was fcony. The 
trees growing at the diftance of from twenty to forty 
feet from each other, and in general entirely free from 
underwood, which was confined to the ilony and barren 
fpots. On the fifth day they afcended a fmall eminencCj 
w^hence, for the firfb time in this fecond expedition, they 
faw Carmarthen and Lanfdown Hills. The country 
round this hill was fo beautiful, that Governor Phillip 
gave it the name of Belle-vue. They were fall appa- 
rently thirty miles from the mountains which it had 
been their obje(5t to reach, and not having found k 
pra6licable, with the tents, arms, and other necelTaries, 
to carry more than fix days provifions, were obliged to 
return. Even with this fmall ftock, the officers as well 
as men, had been under the neceffity of carrying heavy 
loads. Water for the ufe of the day was always taken ; 
for though it happened, in every inftance that pools of 
water were found which had remained after the rains, 
yet this was a fupply on which they could not previouily 
depend. The extraordinary difficulty of penetrating 
into this country had now been fully experienced ; where 
iinexpeded' 
