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ever, satisfactorily concluded, and we lay down to rest with 
feelings of entire satisfaction. 
A great part of the following day was consumed in re- 
loading, nor did we pursue our journey until after two 
o’clock. We then passed over tracks on the left of the 
river of the same rich description that existed on its right ; 
they were much intersected by creeks, but were clear of tim- 
ber, and entirely out of the reach of floods. At about seven 
miles from where we started, we found ourselves checked 
by precipitous rocks jutting into the stream, and were 
obliged once more to make preparations for crossing it. In- 
stead of a deep and quiet reach, however, the Morumbid- 
gee here expanded into a fretful rapid ; but it was suffi- 
ciently shallow to admit of our taking the drays over, with- 
out the trouble of unloading them. There was still, how- 
ever, some labour required in cutting down the banks, and 
the men were fully occupied until after sunset ; and so well 
did they work, that an hour’s exertion in the morning en- 
abled us to make the passage with safety. On ascending 
the right bank, we found that we had to force through a 
dense body of reeds, covering some flooded land, at the 
base of a range terminating upon the river ; and we were 
obliged, in order to extricate ourselves from our embarrass- 
ments, to pass to the N.W. of the point, and to cross a low 
part of the range. This done, we met with no further in- 
terruptions during the day, but travelled along rich and 
clear flats to a deep bight below an angle of the river called 
Nangaar by the natives; where we pitched our camp, and 
