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all, a stage of twenty and a half miles, the last three miles having 
been a repetition of sandhills and poreupine. I was employed until 
midnight with my astronomical observations. 
Sunday, May 27th.—Camp No. 20, Henbury Station; bar. 
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height 1,259ft. above sea level. There being ample work here 
for the whole party, I decided to give the camels a day’s rest, 
which they greatly needed. Mr. Walter Parke, of Henbury Station, 
kindly offered me the use of as many horses as I should require. 
Dr. Stirling and Mr. Watt visited (about twelve miles to the east- 
ward, in Chandler’s Range) a remarkable rock, called Antiarra, 
used by the aboriginals in their periodical ceremonies. Mr. Parke 
undertook to pilot Mr. Watt, and furnished a black boy to do the 
same for Dr. Stirling. Professor Spencer, besides attending to his 
especial work, obtained, on my furnishing him with the means from 
our stores, various articles for the ethnological collection from the 
natives, a number of whom were camped near by. Professor Tate, 
as usual, devoted his time to botanising. i started at an early hour 
on a bearing of 85° 10’ over high porcupine sandhills, crossing the 
Finke at one and a half miles and four and a quarter miles. The 
river at these points is a network of waterholes and extremely boggy 
channels. At three and a half miles I passed, about half a mile to 
the south of Christopher’s Pinnacle, a low hill with an outcrop of 
quartzite in the form of a broken column in Chandler’s Range. It 
is by no means conspicuous, and is overshadowed by the higher 
ranges immediately to the north. With six and a quarter miles 
completed, I ascended a high mass of quartzite rock about half a 
mile south of the range. ‘To the 8S. and S.E. red sandhills appear 
as far as the vision extends. I continued on a bearing of 73° for 
three-quarters of a mile, 24° for a further three-quarters of a mile, 
and 37° 20° for one mile, passing through an opening in the centre 
of Chandler's Range, having now Antiarra water and rock about 
three miles to the east. Proceeding on a bearing of 20° for one 
and a quarter miles, I reached a post erected by mein 1878. Here 
ended my immediate journey, and, in stopping, I was enabled to 
check my present traverse. Returning afterwards to camp, I met 
Dr. Stirling and a black boy about six miles from Henbury on 
their way to Antiarra. In the afternoon and evening I was en- 
gaged on the expedition plans and in calculating and booking up 
meteorological observations. ‘The two Government prospectors 
(C. Pritchard and W. Russell) engaged by Mr. Gillen at Alice 
Springs arrived at Henbury yesterday with two camels, and re. 
poited themselves to me to-day. I instructed them with respect 
to their duties in connection with the expedition. The party now 
