150 CASTJARINiE VALLEY. 
there. Upon his return, he reported that there was, 
and I at once moved down to it, to rest the horses 
after the toil of breaking through the scrub. The 
day was not far advanced when we halted, and I 
was enabled to obtain the sun’s altitude at noon, 
making the latitude of the camp 33° 34' 2o' S. 
There was good grass for the horses, and abundance 
of water left by the rains in the hollows of a small 
watercourse, running between two scrubby ridges. 
September 28. — Making an early start, we crossed 
at four and a half miles, a low scrubby range, and 
there found, upon the left of our track, some very 
pretty grassy hills, and a valley lightly wooded with 
casuarinse. Whilst I went on with the party, I 
detached Mr. Scott to see if there was water at this 
little patch of good country, but he did not find any. 
I am still of opinion, however, that if more time for 
examination had been allowed, springs would have 
been discovered not far away, as every thing looked 
so green and luxuriant, and formed so strong a con- 
trast to the country around. 
Pushing on steadily, we crossed over many undu- 
lations, coated on the surface either with sand or 
breccia, and frequently having a good deal of the 
eucalyptus scrub upon them, at eleven miles we 
passed a long grassy plain in the scrub, and once or 
twice crossed small openings with a little grass. 
For one of these we directed our course, late in the 
evening, to encamp ; upon reaching it, however, 
we were greatly disappointed to find it covered only 
