ituations along
our route on this expedition; at 8.43 made half a mile south; at 8.48
made a quarter of a mile south-west where we crossed, near its junction,
a more western channel of the river; at 9.10 made one mile south-west by
south to where we crossed, near its junction, a river from west, with a
shallow and broad channel; the banks of the river at this place are very
little below the level of the plain on each side of it; at 10.10 made
three miles south-south-west with level plains on each side of us,
without trees or bushes, except along the watercourses; at 10.30 made one
mile south to the right bank of the river, where there are twelve
box-trees growing in its bed; before crossing to its left bank we got
enough water to satisfy the horses; at 11.4 made one mile and a half
south to a junction of a watercourse with extensive flood-marks from the
east. This river has a deeper channel, with trees on its banks, than the
river we have been following down had. At 11.15 made half a mile south,
when Mr. Allison and I went back to the westward, on the plains, and got
the following altitude of the sun: 86 degrees 37 minutes, which makes the
latitude 20 degrees 11 minutes 15 seconds; at 1.35 made three-quarters of
a mile south down the river; at 1.47 made a quarter of a mile south-east
down the river; at 2.20 made one mile and a quarter south, following the
course of the river in search of water; at 3.10 made one mile and
three-quarters about south-south-west, following the course of the river
in search of water; at 3.44 made half a mile about south-west, following
the course of the river in search of water; at 4.10 made one mile and a
quarter about south, where, accompanied by the troopers, I left Campbell
and Allison to go in search of water; at 5.20 made three miles about
south-west down the river in an unsuccessful search for water; at 6 made
two miles north-east by east; returning, we steered over plains, the
grass of which was completely parched up. Near the creek I observed more
owls than I have ever seen anywhere before; at 6.27 made one mile and a
quarter north-east by east back to our party; then went, at 6.56, one
mile and a quarter north by east, towards where we had seen the last
water; at 7.15 made one mile north by east; at 7.35 made three-quarters
of a mile north-east; at 8 made three-quarters of a mile about north-east
by north and encamped.

Saturday December 28. Camp Number 24, situated on the Herbert Ri