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Report of the Expedition 
undulating or openly timbered country farther off the river. Sil¬ 
ver-leaved iron-bark is the prevailing timber of the hills and ridges. 
Between the two ranges of its upper course plains extend, which 
were well provided with water belonging to the finest country w e 
have met, and are highly adapted for any pastoral purposes, par¬ 
ticularly for the breeding of cattle and horses. 
At the end of February, and at the commencement of March, 
we had for several days a drizzling rain. 
From the heads of the Isaacks we came to small creeks col¬ 
lecting into a common water-course, going at first to the north¬ 
ward, afterwards to the westward, and even to south-west. 1 
called this “ Suttor’s Creek.” Opening iron-bark slopes—small 
plains, render it very fit for cattle stations; but as the lower part 
of this creek, as well as the river which it joins, and which I called 
“ the Suttor,” got very scrubby, it may be rather considered as 
a continuation of the Isaacks, from which the access to it is 
very easy. 
The River Suttor, which I followed down from latitude 21 deg. 
21 min. 36sec. to 20deg. 37 min. 13sec., has in its upper course 
fine reedy water-holes. The flats which accompany its banks are 
openly timbered, but they change with thick scrubs and rocky 
country. In latitude 21 deg. 39 min. 58sec.it splits into many 
branches, enters a thick scrub, and becomes deficient in water. 
At latitude 21 deg. 37 min. 31 sec., however, there is a most 
magnificent sheet of water, like a little lake in its bed. Between 
21 deg. 33 min. and 32 min. it entirely disappears as a distinct 
water-course, and forms chains of water-holes, which were, how¬ 
ever, well supplied with water. The country opens at about 21 
deg. 20 min.; a big creek joining the Suttor from the south-east. 
Primitive rocks appear amongst sandstone rock, and a limestone 
hill was observed in latitude 21 deg. 6 min. A river as large as 
the Suttor, which I called the “Cape,” joins from the westward. 
It turns in latitude 20 deg. 44 min. round a fine isolated moun¬ 
tain, which I named “ Mount Maconnel,” and joins a running 
stream, with a bed one mile broad, which comes from the north¬ 
west and turns to the eastward. I made my first camp in the bed 
of this river, in latitude 20 deg. 37 min. 13 sec., and called it 
