atches near the creek
we left. The scrub consisted of mulga with a few other trees. Amongst
these I observed broad-leaved ironbark and broad-leaved box, bloodwood,
currajong, and bottle-trees. The broad-leaved box-trees we had not seen
previously on this expedition. The ironbark-trees are seldom or never
found far to the southward of the main range. The soil consisted chiefly
at several places of stiff clay which retains an impression a long time
when softened by rain. We observed the dray-tracks Jemmy had seen
yesterday about three and a quarter miles on this side of our last camp.
Near to where Jemmy had found the water and the dray-track I made the
meridian altitude of the sun A.H. 98degrees 43 minutes; the latitude is
by that observation 25 degrees 7 minutes. We came here from last camp in
about the following courses: 11.30 east-south-east for three and a
quarter miles up the creek of 60 camp; 12.20, 12.55 east-south-east half
a mile; 3.30 south-east seven and a half miles to the head of the
watercourse; 3.50 south three-quarters of a mile down watercourse; 3.38
east quarter of a mile; total twelve and a half miles.

May 3.

We left Camp 61 this morning at 8.27. This camp is situated on the
western bank at the head of a watercourse which perhaps flows into the
Warrego River. When we had followed this river down for about
twenty-three miles in a southerly direction we encamped. In following the
river down after crossing a short distance below camp along its eastern
bank, and when we had ridden about twelve and a quarter miles, we crossed
a creek from the eastward. Nearly all the way today we observed deep
horse-tracks, and about four and a quarter miles above here we observed a
tree marked FM (conjoined) with cross underneath. The channel of the
river was of a sandstone formation at some places and had fine holes of
water. Our path today came over six miles of unavailable barren scrubby
ridges. The remainder of the way was chiefly over well-grassed land
confined on the eastern side for the greater part by sandstone ridges
thickly wooded with mulga. We came here in about the following courses
from the last camp: 10.40 south-south-east for five and three-quarter
miles; 12.20 south half east for five and a half miles; 1.15 south for
one mile; 2.40 south-south-west for four and a half miles; 3.25 south for
two and a quarter miles; 4.25 south-south-east for three miles; 4.50
south one and a quarter miles; total twenty-th