ee, the serub near the amp; 
ah “4 locate them, no luck. 
“gorub fringed oreek cones in from the steep face of the range; 
cannot eee, any further with the horses, 30° dismount and proceed es 
on Loot. Go ‘down into the bed of the river, there is a strong 
stream of water flowing; cach? (is much bigeer than i expected, aud 
is probably the main branch of the Massey. Leave Bill to have | 
a search round for a place to. cut a track for the horses, & go 
“across and into the forest country on the other side, and out 
through it for about half a mile; it had 
ot bee burnt on2 and 
the grass is very thick and long, set fire to it and return o35 ( 
the river, Bill had found a crossing and marked a track. We go 
up the river over @ serics of. rocky rapids, for avout helt a 
mile, to where it comes out of a big gorge in the range; go. be 
for another halt mile, the going is very rough, up over vapids 
and waterfalls the whole way, , The sides of the gorge are very 
steep and covered with a low, singivi, thorny serub; bird life 
Honey-eaters, (P-analoga, F,cookerelli, i, obseura ) ME 5 ee 
very’ goarce. 
oriole, (0. flavicinetus). Fig vira, ( §,£leviventris), _ Drongo, : 
(Gy bracteata): were the only ones seen or heard. “Return te 
horses: and ride down along the river for about three miles; 
the sorub: in several places, a single Rifle bird, wa 3 the eo 
“additional species seen. It is only a thin ‘fringe of serub shone 
_ here, eine | on the sides of the nigh banks and in the ded of 
| the river; it would noetly ‘be under water during the wet season, 
Head. back to oni) through very Poor forest: country; get ‘back at mae 
Sem “While having lunch e heard some Parrots, (@.persopavus ) in | 
‘spend the rest of the afternoon trying 
“Good serub here, free Zrom vines and : 
of water in the small | Pocky oreeks, aie 
rowtn, with plenty 
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