ILLNESS OF TWO OF THE MEN. 27 
horizon to the North N. VV, at a distance of five miles. 
From that point all round the compass, the low lands spread, 
like a dark sea, before me; except where a large plain, 
stretching from E. to W., and lying to the S. E. broke their 
monotony ; and if there was nothing discouraging, there 
certainly was nothing cheering, in the prospect. 
On our return to the camp, I was vexed to find two of 
the men, Henwood and Williams, with increased inflam- 
mation of the eyes, of which they had previously been com- 
plaining, and I thought it adviseable to bleed the latter. 
In consequence of the indisposition of these men, we re- 
mained stationary on the 21st, which enabled me to pay a 
second visit to Mount Harris. On ascending the smaller 
hill, I was surprised to find similar vestiges on its summit 
to those I had noticed on the larger one ; in addition to 
which, the rollers still continued on the side of the hill, 
which had been used to get the boat up it.* 
Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not 
observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks 
are exposed above the ground. The rock is extremely hard 
and sonorous. 
We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22d 
and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset. The coun- 
try between the two is mostly open, or covered only with 
the acacia pendula and dwarf-box. The soil, although an 
* Mr. Oxley had two boats; one of which he dragged to tlie top of 
each of these lulls, and left them turned bottom upwards, burying a 
bottle under the head of the larger boat, which was conveyed to th, 
more distant hill. 
