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and south. At one mile we met a war party consisting of fourteen 
olackfellows, whose destination was Henbury. All these warriors 
were elaborately painted with red and yellow ochre and plentifully 
armed with spears and boomerangs. I learnt that they had come 
from the mission station with the intention of fighting the Henbury 
natives in order to avenge the death of one of their comrades. 
At two miles we crossed a fair-sized gum creek trending S.W. 
Sandhills covered with mulga scrub were now seen. At two and 
three-quarter miles I ascended some very rough quartzite rocks 
to obtain a round of bearings. Continued through low broken 
poreupine and scrubby hills for three and a half miles on various 
bearings to the western side of the Finke, and camped at Parke’s 
Running Water. Professor Tate having remained, unknown to 
me, some miles back, I sent Harry out to show him the road to 
the camp. ‘The elevation of this camp, I find by repeated hypso- 
meter observations, to be 1,588ft. above sea level. High scrubby 
ranges surround the camp, and what in Central Australia is a 
novelty, namely a running stream, is to be seen here. At present 
the water is only 3in. or 4in. deep and about 6ft. wide. Our stage 
to-day totalled fourteen miles. I camped early, so that a thorough 
examination of this important locality could be made. The water- 
holes were dragged with the large net with but partial success, no 
new kinds of fish being obtained. 
Wednesday, May 30th.—Camp No. 22, Parke’s Running Water; 
lle. DAS Its” QM FS), 3 Ines Iiatskebit, 8 Loewe, AseoS ine, Wier, BI, Clore 
tinued on last night’s bearing 280° for one mile to a point of 
the range, then changed the course to 235° 10’ for two and a quarter 
miles across sandy flats, splendidly grassed in places and timbered 
with mallee, bloodwood, and mulga, to a porcupine hill. The 
range to the north, about two and a half miles distant, continues 
westward in an apparently unbroken line. Altered our course 
to 272° 5’, crossing a few porcupine sandhills and well-grassed 
mulga flats. Five distinct varieties of the eucalypti apparently 
occur somewhat plentifully in this region. At two and a half miles 
we crossed a large gum creek issuing from the ranges to the 
northward, and at four miles I ascended a rough quartzite rise 
in order to obtain a round of bearings. Professor Tate and Mr. 
Watt, with whom I sent Harry the black boy as guide, here made 
a divergence, in accordance with previous arrangements, to the 
north for the purpose of examining the geological structure of the 
main range, in which fossils are said to occur, rejoining the party 
at Illamurta. As for the main party its course was changed to 
279° 40’ for two and three-quarter miles through mulga scrub to 
the foot of the range, which is densely overgrown with porcupine. 
