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ROCK WALLABIES. 
several angles. One of the high peaks in the Mount 
Deception range bearing S. 35° W. about five miles 
off I named Mount Scott. To the east were seen 
high ranges, to which I had sent my overseer. De- 
scending the hill we examined the course of the 
watercourse a few miles further, and ascertaining that 
there was no more water in it, retraced our steps 
towards the depot, somewhat fatigued with clam- 
bering up rocky ranges under the oppressive heat of 
an almost tropical sun. 
In the course of the morning Mr. Scott shot a 
rock wallabie of rather a large species, and many 
more were seen about the high perpendicular cliff 
under which we had found the water. These 
singular animals appeared to have a wonderful 
facility for scaling precipices, for they leapt and 
clambered up among the steep sides of the cliffs in 
a manner quite incredible, and where it was perfectly 
impossible for any human being to follow them. 
In the evening the overseer and native boy re- 
turned, they had traced up the watercourse I turned 
back from on the 5 th of August, and had found water 
in it about eight miles beyond where I gave up the 
search. They had also visited the native camp where 
the two little children had been left deserted, they 
were now gone, and the whole plain around had been 
strewed with green boughs. The handkerchief I had 
tied round the eldest child had been taken off and left 
at the camp, the natives probably dreading to have 
anything to do with property belonging to such 
