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I therefore decided to return some distance down the creek to- 
morrow, and, in the event of not meeting them in the next ten 
or fifteen miles, to send Harry to Crown Point with the infor- 
mation of our whereabouts, and to proceed with Mr. Watt direct 
to Engoordina, and intercept the party there. Numerous kangaroos 
were seen to-day for the first time, and dingoes announced their 
presence at night. Birds, however, appear to be singularly scarce 
in this region. 
Saturday, May 19th.—Camp No. 138, Coolalie; bar. 28-74in., 
ther. 31°. An early start was made down the creek on a bearing 
of 29°. At three and a half miles we altered our course to 359° 
in the direction of a very prominent tent-shaped hill, crossing the 
ereek near its junction with the main channel of the Lilla. Harry 
continued down the latter, and I have no doubt that he will to-night 
reach Crown Point Station, thirty miles hence. At one mile across 
well-grassed flats Mr. Watt and I again entered sandridges densely 
over-grown with porcupine and having a direction of N. 15° E. 
These continued throughout the day. In places where recent fires 
had burnt the porcupine large quantities of parakylia, herbage, 
and good grass were met with, and a few clumps of mulga were 
occasionally seen on the flats between the ridges. After nine 
miles had been accomplished we passed some very large desert 
oak (Casuarina decaisneana) with enormously large seedpods, a 
quantity of which I gathered, with other shrubs, for the botanical 
collection. Late at night, after having travelled twenty-three miles 
on the last bearing, we reached the foot of the hill and camped, 
thoroughly tired out with our twenty-seven miles ride on rough 
camels. ‘The tracks of several emus and of numerous dingoes were 
seen to-day. | 
Sunday, May 20th.—Camp No. 14, Mount Watt; bar. 28°74in., 
ther. 34°; height of camp above sea level, 1,056ft. At dawn I 
set about getting the camels in readiness for the day’s journey. A 
frugal breakfast, dictated by necessity, as we are now almost 
destitute of food, was disposed of before sunrise, and after packing 
up we ascended the hill at 7a.m. There Mr. Watt soon discovered 
numerous (Lower Silurian) fossils, and urgently requested sufficient 
time to enable him to make a thorough examination of this important 
hill, which is composed of quartzite, and from which I obtained an 
extensive and far-reaching view. Mount Falconer, thirty-two miles 
away, bears 183° 45’, and Mount Hopetoun, which bears 189° 380’, 
is thirty-six miles off. A very high and prominent hill, bearing 
252° 20’ and eighteen miles away, forming part of a conspicuous 
range of detached hills, 1 have styled Mount Kingston, after the 
Hon. C. C. Kingston, Premier of South Australia. Another very 
