Camp 39.  Hoar frost last night with ice on the ground again this morning but beautiful weather.  Started at 8.40 a.m. south-east by east to clear creek and range, then south-east by south.  Crossed sandy oak creek from south half east.  At half a mile crossed several sandy creeks near together from west of south.  At three miles crossed two sandy creeks from west-south-west; when united will form a considerable one.  At six miles crossed large creek from south-west by south.  Gums, palms, and the paper-bark trees at six and three-quarter miles.  Crossed at seven and a half miles large creek with oaks, gums, paper-bark trees.  From south by west a very fine creek and excellent timber.  No water at crossing but abundance of reeds on banks.  At ten and three-quarter miles considerably ridgy, and passed large masses and cliffy hill, apparently of limestone.  Close on the right from the top of one of the ridges is seen to the right a fine valley coming considerably from north of west and bearing off round some high dark-looking hills ahead, with cliffy and rugged tops, no doubt the valley of the Fanning River.  Kept above course till at fourteen and a quarter miles rough hills being close ahead, and the Fanning being too much off to south and east, followed a small creek north-east for one and a quarter miles and camped at a little water.  The country here has all been burned.  Distance travelled about sixteen and a quarter miles.

Tuesday, July 22.

Camp 40.  Neither dew or frost.  Started at 7.52 a.m. north by east, crossing two oak creeks from left to right, joining the one we camped on last night.  Made Burdekin River at eight miles.  Highest point of Mount Razorback bears from that point a little east of east-north-east.  It has been raining here lately.  Then on bearing of east 15 degrees south at three-quarters of a mile an oak creek joins the river from south, the river then bears much away to east, or even north of east.  Still on bearing of east 15 degrees south.  At two and a quarter miles crossed small oak creek from south by west.  At four and three-quarter miles crossed fine large oak creek from south-south-west, sandy bed and reedy banks.  Open forest.  Saw some natives and heard others who were much alarmed.  At eight and a half miles crossed sandy oak creek from south-west, very zigzag in its course.  Country very ridgy and inclined to be lightly scrubby.  Made the river at fourteen miles.  Latter part very ridgy and many precipitous creeks from the slopes, but otherwise well-grassed.  The greater part of the country travelled over today was of granite formation with veins of quartz here and there, and lots of loose quartz scattered about.  A large hill opposite side of river here that I take to be ——­ Range, and another down the river about one and a half miles bearing about south by west.  The river here comes from north for some distance, and after it has passed this on to the range about one and a half miles