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timbered with mulga and bloodwood gums. At five miles altered 
bearing to 180° for four and a half miles, through dense mulga 
scrub, and at 10 p.m. we arrived at our destination, having travelled 
twenty-two miles since noon. 
Sunday, June 24th.—Camp No. 387; bar. 27:73in., ther. 35°. 
Last night the thermometer descended to 22°. I was employed 
throughout the day and until midnight in attending to my special 
work. Marked a tree on the eastern side of the waterhole C. W. 
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Dr. Stirling obtained the various significations of the corrobboree 
sticks from the black boys and superintended the repacking of those 
articles. Professor ‘Tate was fully engaged in perfecting the geolo- 
gical and botanical co!lections; Mr. Keartland occupied himself 
throughout the day in preserving birds, of which a large number 
have been secured at this camp. In this locality the bronze- 
winged pigeon is fairly numerous, the small quail abounds, and a 
black cockatoo differing from the southern species was caught, 
being the second specimen that has fallen into our hands during 
the trip. 
Monday, June 25th Camp No. 37; bar. 27:78in., ther. 39°. 
In consequence of our three days’ stay at this waterhole the packs 
became somewhat disarranged; hence a late start. Course 107° 
30’ for half a mile to the western point of a quartzite ridge near 
the junction of a large gum creek from the eastward with the 
Darwent. Altered bearing to 103° 30’ for three and three-quarter 
miles through dense mulga scrub to a stony spur; thence 168° 10’ 
for three-quarters of a mile to Arumbera Creek, and 118° for two 
and a half miles along the creek to a large rain water hole, the 
native name of which is Andantompantie. From here Mount 
Heughlin bears 51° 50’ distant fourteen and a half miles, Mount 
Zeil 86° 30’ distant fifteen miles, and Mount Sonder 95° 30’ distant 
twenty-four miles. The former two mountains have been transposed 
on several charts, and Mount Zeil has been locally renamed Mount 
Razorback; I cannot, however, adopt these erroneous alterations. 
A large stockyard has been constructed near this waterhole. Now 
altered course to 86° 30’; at one anda half miles passed another 
large rain water hole in the creek, and at two and a half miles 
changed the bearing to 78° 30’, crossing Arumbera Creek at one 
and a half miles and two and a half miles. At three and a half 
miles altered course to 115° for one and three-quarter miles along 
the northern side of the creek, which now comes from the direction 
of Mount Heughlin. We now travelled over admirably-grassed 
open plains on a bearing of 105° for two and a quarter miles, when 
