a little spinifex you command an extensive view; the whole country is black and dismal in appearance in every direction; a fine large range appears in the distance from 100 to 150 degrees, with well-defined gaps, etc., drainage all to the southward and westward.  Now rounded this hill and went on a bearing of 100 degrees; just after beginning to descend traced a party of horses going northward under eastern side of large range, apparently when the ground was wet.  Descended much more easily than we ascended; we got into a fine valley with good timber and plenty of grass, and at 11.50 about three miles came to a running creek from northward.  Traces of a hurricane along the creek, tops of all the trees on the ground or suspended in the air by bits of bark; the timber on each bank does not appear here at least to have been touched.  Obliged to stop here as Maitland has not overtaken us; he stayed behind at the camp for some purpose or other and did not afterwards come up; I am afraid he has missed the tracks as it is stony and rocky.  This large hill is composed of sandstone of various degrees of fineness, quartz, pebbles, etc., principally; distance travelled six miles direct.  Here the creek or river is timbered across with the narrow-leafed papery-barked tree; some short distance up the stream from here this description of timber nearly gives place to gums.  I have no doubt but that some day or other this place will be taken up as a station.  Fish are in the deep holes, some that I saw about a couple of pounds weight.  I also saw some young guardfish from nine to twelve inches long and many smaller.  Lots of euro and kangaroo but very shy.  Maitland made his appearance shortly after camping.

Friday, June 13.

Camp 16.  Dewless night, wind from east by north.  I take this to be the main branch of the Flinders; the hills on its right proper banks are very bold and must be over 3000 feet high.  If they are not before named I have called them Gregory’s Ranges after Augustus Gregory, Esquire, now Surveyor-General of Queensland.  The point I changed my course at yesterday I have called Mount Wildash after F. Wildash, Esquire, of Queensland.  Immediately east of Mount Wildash close by is another bluff equally high which I have called Hawker’s Bluff after the Honourable G.C.  Hawker.  Started at 7.58 a.m. on bearing of 100 degrees for the southern end of dark range in the distance; at 8.30 south of conspicuous sandstone rocky peak which I have called Morphett’s Peak after John Morphett, Esquire, of Adelaide; dip of about 35 degrees in the sandstone to about north-east or a little more east.  Kept the above course three miles over good travelling country; spelled a few minutes then up and down and over very rocky ranges, in many places precipitous and most intricate travelling from 9 a.m. till 11.30; three and a half miles farther, then table-land till 1.50, the drainage is to the east, no doubt to go south after it has cleared the