ing, having, probably, but little temptation to stray on the
boggy ground. The country traversed was similar to that of
yesterday, and very much encumbered with fallen timber. The grasses,
though thin, are of the best quality. Altogether the interval
between Kendall Creek and to-night's camp, a distance of 30 miles,
would make a fine cattle run, being watered at every six or seven
miles by running creeks, besides a large swamp. It was found to be
an extensive plateau, sloping away to the eastward, terminating
abruptly in a perpendicular wall, overlooking the valley, on the head
of which the party camped. The camp was one of the best of the whole
journey, being pitched on a grassy rise, sloping gently to the
eastward, and was a grateful relief after the barren and waterless
camps of the journey. The latitude was 13 degrees 47 seconds.
Distance 16 miles. (Camp LVIII.)

'January' 3.--This morning the creek was followed down to near its
junction with a large sandy stream, coming from the north-east, which
was named Kinloch Creek, in honor of John Kinloch, Esq., Mathematical
Master of Sydney College. It was plentifully watered, and remarkable
for presenting the only iron-bark trees that were seen since leaving
the Einasleih. At 8 and 12 miles, two small very boggy creeks were
crossed, the first of which had to be bridged. Their banks were very
unsound and swampy, covered with tea-tree, pandanus, ferns, and all
kinds of valueless underwood. They were full of lilies, and appeared
to be constantly running, from which it was conjectured that they
must take their rise from springs. On passing the last, the party
emerged on to poorly grassed, desolate-looking sandstone ridges,
covered with grass-tree and zamia. A pine-tree ridge was then
passed, and a camp formed on a small water-course beyond, the total
distance being 16y miles on a bearing of N.N.E. 1/2 N. The latitude
was ascertained to be 13 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds S. During the
day red kangaroos were seen, also the Torres Straits pigeon, and two
black cockatoos, with very large stiff crest, crimson cheeks, and
large black bill, the rest of the body black. This was the
('Microglossus Aterrimus'), a species peculiar to Northern Australia.
It is nearly one-third larger in size than the common black cockatoo,
from which it is mainly distinguished by the color of the bill, which
is black. (Camp LIX. Bloodwood.)

'January' 4.--A heavy storm of rain and thu