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therefore, allotted Dr. Haast’s name to the bluff it was originally 
intended for and eliminated it from the description of the moun- 
tains some twenty-two miles to the northward, to which it has 
hitherto been misapplied, judging it expedient that so palpable 
an error should not be perpetuated. Haast’s Bluff from this water- 
hole bears 62° and is seven miles distant. Continuing our journey 
on a bearing of 75° 5’, in the direction of Mereenie Bluff, we passed 
through some almost impenetrable but well-grassed mulga scrub, 
crossing small gum creeks at one and a half miles, two and a half 
miles, five and three-quarter miles, six and a quarter miles, eight 
miles, and eight and a half miles, all trending southward, and all 
evidently tributaries of Carmichael’s Creek. At from four miles to 
five and three-quarter miles a small well-grassed open plain occurs. 
At six miles low stony undulations commence; these are overgrown 
with porcupine grass and densely timbered with mulga and cassia 
bushes. At sundown we camped on the last-mentioned gum creek. 
The dense scrub greatly retarded our progress, and we only accom- 
plished sixteen miles. Our present camp, which is 2,586ft. above 
sea level, occupies the most elevated position we have yet reached 
—in fact, it was the loftiest camp throughout the whole journey. 
A young emu, captured to-day by the black boy, has been added 
to the collection. Mr. Keartland has succeeded in domesticating 
three of the young emus obtained at Bagot’s Creek and two rock 
pigeons winged at Laurie’s Creek, although the birds are not yet 
quite resigned to their daily ride on camel-back. During the 
afternoon I sent the black boy Arabi Bey over to a ‘* smoke,” a few 
miles north of our track. I have observed it for the past three 
days, and on his return Arabi Bey reported that many natives 
were camped near a waterhole, engaged in a periodical ceremony 
of “making young men.” In response to an invitation Arabi was 
instructed to give them, these blacks promised to visit our camp. 
Tuesday, June 19th.—Camp No. 35, bar. 27-29in., ther. 23°; 
height 2,586ft. Only three aboriginals made their appearance this 
morning; the rest apparently belong to the sandhill tribes from 
the westward and declined to come into contact with white men. 
They are assembled at the waterhole referred to, which is called 
Tooringoa, some ten miles to the north-west. With the view 
of visiting the encampment of these blacks I informed the 
anthropologist of these particulars, but it was considered that the 
limited time at our disposal would not permit of the idea being 
carried out. Accordingly the party moved on in an easterly 
direction through closely-grown mulga scrub and across stony 
undulations for two and a half miles to the foot of Mereenie Bluff. 
This range presents an abrupt and almost inaccessible front to the 
