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lindesay river. 
wewerenot disappointed, although in every other particular, 
the landscape was one of the most unpromising description. 
To the S. and S.E., the country might be said to stretch 
away in one unbroken plain, for it was so generally covered 
with wood that every inequality was hidden from oui ob- 
servation. To the S.W. the river line was marked out by a 
succession of red cliffs, similar to those we had already 
passed. To the north, the interior was evidently depressed ; 
it was overgrown with a low scrub, and seemed to be barren 
in the extreme. The elevations upon which we stood weie 
similar to the sand-hills near the coast, and had not a blade 
of grass upon them. Yet, notwithstanding the sterility of 
the soil, the large white amarillis which grew in such profu- 
sion on the alluvial plains of the Macquarie, was also abun- 
dant here. But it had lost its dazzling whiteness, and had 
assumed a sickly yellow colour, and its very appearance 
indicated that it was not in a congenial soil. 
We passed two very considerable junctions, the one 
coming from the S.E., the other from the north. Both had 
currents in them, but the former was running much stronger 
than the latter. It falls into the Murray, almost opposite to 
the elevations I have been describing, and, if a judgment 
can be hazarded from its appearance at its embouchure, 
it must, in its higher branches, be a stream of considerable 
magnitude. Under this impression, I have called it the 
Lindesay, as a tribute of respect to my commanding officer, 
Colonel Patrick Lindesay of the 39th regt. I place it in 
east long. 140° 29', and in lat. 33° 58' south. Mr. Hume is 
