ter miles.

February 20. Camp 9, situated on the right bank of an eastern channel of
the river.

At this camp one of the mares foaled. Left camp at 7.46; at 8.10, having
steered south half east one mile, we reached the river; then changed our
course to south-south-east and at 8.38, having travelled one and a
quarter miles, we got out of the box and saltbush flats to unwooded
plains; delayed then until 9.33, whilst some of our party tried
unsuccessfully to shoot emu. At 10.30 came south-east one and a half
miles along a plain. At 11.30 came south-south-east two and a half miles
to a point of timber, then halted till 12.45 to make an observation of
the sun; at 1.20 came south-south-east one and a half miles over thinly
wooded plains. The plains in this neighbourhood are thinly grassed, which
I think is caused by a recent dry season; at 1.45 made south one and a
quarter miles over country that is more thickly grassed; at 2.20 came one
and a quarter miles south half west through flats wooded with box and
encamped. Distance today eleven and a quarter miles. The foal was so
active that it kept up with the horses on this day's journey.

February 21. Camp 10, situated on the right bank of Flinders River.

Started at 7.30 a.m.; at 7.56, having steered east-south-east a mile over
rich ground with box trees and saltbush, we reached well grassed land,
thinly wooded with white-wood, pomegranate, bauhinia, and other small
trees; 9.15 south-east one and a half miles over ground so green with
herbage that one of my companions said it resembled the banks of the
Murrumbidgee in spring; at 11.20 east-south-east five miles and a quarter
across an unwooded plain, and halted till 12.45 to make the following
observation: meridian altitude of the sun 81 degrees 33 minutes; latitude
18 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds; at 1.30 we steered south-south-east two
miles over rich plains, covered in places with luxuriant young grass
having the appearance more of young barley than any other indigenous
verdure that I have seen elsewhere. At 2.30 came south two and
three-quarter miles and encamped. Distance today twelve and a half miles.

February 22.

We left Camp 11, situated on the right bank of the Flinders River at 7.47
a.m.; at 8.50, having come south-east two and three-quarter miles through
a very rich thinly wooded country with herbage like that on old folding
ground in spring, we reached unwooded plains; at 9.20 came
south-south-east one and