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concerning country into whicli his official duties might require him to 
travel at any time. He had the roughest country in Australia to 
hunt over when after the blacks — high, steep, rocky mountains, with 
dense scrub full of leeches, and tropic rains falling about six months 
in the year. I learn that he has since been promoted — a just and 
graceful recognition by the Commissioner of his services as an energetic 
and conscientious police officer. On the 29th the blackboys went back 
to bring down the balance of the things at the Pools, Harold stayed in 
charge of the camp, and I went away up a mountain to the eastward, 
on to the crest of the first spur at a height of 2,000 feet. This 
mountain is known to the expedition as Mount Harold. It is com- 
posed of slate and huge quartz reefs which " blow" all over the 
surface. The spurs are lightly timbered with small patches of scrub 
in the ravines. Had a dangerous fall through wearing a pair of 
ordinary boots which slipped on the edge of a precipice, but I for- 
tunately brought up on a narrow ledge overhanging a sheer descent 
of 300 feet, and managed to edge along to the loose rocks on one side 
and regained a secure footing It was one of the very narrow escapes 
of my lifetime- The gun had fallen into a crevice, and I managed to 
recover it There were blacks' camping-grounds all over the range. 
On this mountain are dark red wallabies with long tufted tails, the 
wildest animals ever I taw in Queensland. I ascended that spur three 
times with gun and rifle, thus covering 6,000 feet of climbing, to obtain 
a specimen, and failed on every occasion. Once I took up Broadbent, 
Harold, and Jimmy, and though we saw them every time not one of 
us succeeded in obtaining a shot. My opinion is they are an unknown 
species. 
On Sunday, the 30th, Beman and Jimmy returned again to the 
Pools, and brought down the last of the camp. On 1st July, Beman 
and Jimmy started off to assist to bring down the party from the 
Palm Camp. Charley remained in charge, and Harold and I went 
away collecting up the dark ravines under Mount Sophia. The forma- 
tion here is chiefly slate and quartz. There are traces of tin, and it is 
also a very likely place for gold, though we saw none. There is a con- 
siderable quantity of heavy timber with running creeks in all the 
ravines, where the rocks and loose stones are covered by luxuriant 
and lovely mosses. The rank vegetation everywhere indicates per- 
petual heat and moisture. The creeks and ravines here display some 
specially beautiful scenery, and have the merit of being very easily 
accessible by tourists. 
It seemed a place where angels might repair, 
And tune their harps beneath the tranquil shades, 
To morning songs, or moonlight serenades. 
On the 2nd ray son and I again ascended Mount Harold to 
2,000 feet, and procured several botanical specimens, but no wallabies. 
On the 3rd, Bailey, Broadbent, Beman, and the three boys arrived, 
having slept the previous night in the blacks' camp on the top of 
Barnard's Spur. This was the only occasion on which Mr. Bailey 
looked ill during the trip, but he soon recovered. He had really 
done the journey wonderfully well, and was uniformly cheerful at 
all times, with never- varying enthusiasm for his work. As for 
Broadbent, he went out shooting all day and sat up half the night 
skinning his birds. 
