through Western Wood scrub, it is full of salt herbs,
of which the horses were fond of eating as they went along; at this place
we saw cockatoos and pigeons. From seeing them we searched for water but
did not find any; at 1.20 one mile and a half south-south-west across
rich well-grassed plains to a belt of acacia, overlooking a plain to the
westward, but beyond it a line of trees stretching north and south which
I have named Manning Plain. At 2.40 went three miles and three-quarters
west to a belt of Western Wood scrub; at 2.57 went three-quarters of a
mile west to where we stopped to have dinner; we started again at 4.25;
at 4.53 made one mile and a quarter west by south to a watercourse from
the north-west; at 5.30 made one mile and three-quarters about south-east
down the creek to our old track of the 12th instant; at 6.35 made one
mile and a quarter to our old camp; here we again encamped.

Saturday December 21.

Having used the water up on the additional packhorse that we had brought
on this occasion with us, Fisherman left us, taking back the packhorse to
the camp; at 6.5 Jemmy and I started down the watercourse which I have
named Herbert Creek, in search of water; at 8.4 made six miles south-west
across rich fine plain country to Pring Creek from north-north-east; at
8.14 made half a mile north by east down Pring Creek to a point at the
junction with Herbert Creek where we had on the previous occasion marked
a tree broad arrow before L; at 8.30 made three-quarters of a mile
south-south-west down Herbert Creek to where we saw a flock of pigeons,
and immediately after found a little water, where we halted, but again
started at 8.47; at 9 made half a mile south-west down the river; at 9.20
made three-quarters of a mile south-east down the river; at 9.40 made one
mile east by south down the river, at 10.10 made one mile about
south-east down the river; at 10.30 made three-quarters of a mile
south-east down the river to where we found a little water out of small
holes in the rock, which seemed like a robbery from the flocks of little
birds which surrounded them; from here we started again at 11.5; at 11.15
made a quarter of a mile south to junction of large creek from
south-west, which I named Hervey Creek, near which we observed several
flocks of pigeons; at 11.50 made half a mile east-south-east to where the
channels are confined, and where there is on the left side a strange deep
rocky pit; at 12.12 made three-qu