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Report of the Expedition 
support of my expedition, I crossed a fine creek, with a chain of 
deep pools and two waterless creeks. The whole country is a 
stringy-bark forest, mixed with melaleuca gum, with cypress pine 
thickets and tea-tree scrub. About five miles from the creek, we 
had an interview with a tribe of black fellows, who gave evident 
signs that they knew the gun and the knife. They were very 
friendly, and we exchanged some presents with them. They were 
circumcised, as all the black fellows of the gulf we had seen. The 
head of a crocodile was seen at Cycas Creek. The carcase of 
another I found at the upper crossing place of the Robinson. 
Tracks were observed by Charley at the water-holes of the creek, 
between the Robinson and the Macarthur. 
The country along the Macarthur is well grassed, and openly 
timbered for a half to one and a half miles off the river. Sand¬ 
stone ranges commence at latitude 16 deg. 5 min. 26 sec. Two 
miles higher up it is fordable, a running stream of fresh water 
enters the broad salt-water river, its bed gets broad and sandy, 
with the vegetation of the Lynd, and fine plains extend along its 
banks to the westward. 
Between the Macarthur and the Red Kangaroo River, I passed 
three creeks, well provided with water. The most southern is 
about ten miles north-west from the crossing-place of the Macar¬ 
thur. The second, a pandanus creek, is only one and a half 
miles from the former, and joins it lower down. The third, about 
nine miles north-north-west farther, I called the “ Sterculia 
Creek,” as the Sterculia heterophylla grows very frequently along 
its lower course. The Red Kangaroo River (latitude 15 deg. 
35 min.) has a very broad sandy bed, two channels, separated by 
a broad high bergue. The northern channel has a fine supply Q f 
water in numerous water-holes, the connecting stream of which 
has just ceased running. A fine lagoon extends along its southern 
bank about half a mile from the river. The country near the 
crossing place of the Macarthur is intersected by rocky sandstone 
ranges. Towards the first creek tea-tree forest and box flats 
render the travelling easy. Sandstone ranges were seen to the 
left. From the second creek to Red Kangaroo River the country 
is a miserable scrubby stringy-bark forest. 
