he creek. When we had followed the creek down for about twenty
miles on its west bank where we encamped. Following the creek took us in
a serpentine course and in generally a north-westerly direction. When we
had travelled twelve and a quarter miles or thereby we crossed our track
from Camp 67. In the first half of today's journey, to avoid losing the
creek, we had to keep very near to it because of the sandstone ridges
along its banks preventing us seeing the course of the creek had we kept
back from it for the purpose of cutting off the angles. The latter half
was without water, but as we did not know that we kept near the creek in
the hope of getting water for our encampment. The country we saw,
especially on the upper part of the creek, was poor and of little value.
Near the creek we observed clumps of mimosa, the kind that is commonly
called green-wattle. We followed the creek down in about the following
courses: 12.50 north-west for five and three-quarter miles; 2.18
north-north-west for three and a quarter miles; 2.35 north for one and a
quarter miles; 3.20 west and by north for two miles; 3.27 west for a
quarter of a mile to track; 3.33 west-south-west for a quarter of a mile;
4 south-west for one and a quarter miles; 4.25 north-west for one mile;
4.55 south-west for one and a quarter miles; 5.18 west-south-west for one
mile; 5.35 west-north-west for three-quarters of a mile; 6.18
north-north-west for one mile; 6.42 west-north-west for one mile to
encampment. Distance today twenty miles.

May 16.

As Jemmy was not able to assist Jackey in getting the horses Fisherman,
who has all along marked the trees, had to go in his stead. When the
horses were saddled and packed the main party proceeded down the creek,
and Fisherman and I stayed behind to mark the trees at our encampment on
the west bank of the creek. Afterwards we proceeded down the creek, and
in trying to cut off the angles we passed the junction of the creek with
the Warrego River and got up the river three miles before we discovered
our mistake. After watering our thirsty horses we followed down on the
eastern bank of the river for sixteen and a half miles to where Mr.
Bourne had made the encampment. I was glad to find that, in following
down the river, Mr. Bourne had shot a large turkey. The river has fine
reaches of water, but the banks are too thickly wooded with mulga scrub
to be of much value for pastoral purposes. We observed blacks on the
opposit