has a fine aromatic smell.  The grain of the wood is nearly as hard as ebony; besides it is characteristic of the best pastoral country as it only grows on good country.  Its leaves are useful and good for stock, which are fond of eating them.  We came here in the following courses:  2.45 east for nine and a quarter miles to the watercourse; 3.50 south for three miles up along the west bank; 4.35 south-south-east two miles; 5.10 south-east half a mile; fourteen and three-quarter miles.

May 1.  Camp 60.

We left Camp 59 yesterday morning at 9.  When we had come about nine and a half miles in an easterly direction we crossed a creek with a northerly course.  We intended striking the creek afterwards and unfortunately did not water the horses, but we got too far from it and neither found it nor water although we travelled till 9 p.m.  We halted then, thinking the horses would probably find water which we thought was not far distant from us, having heard immediately before we encamped the quacking of ducks.  We came today twenty-five miles in nearly an east-south-east direction.  Our path lay over rich undulating country from which a number of hills were visible.  The land was well grassed and thinly wooded at most places.  At others it was scrubby, thereby detracting from its value for some time to come.  Luckily the country we passed over after dark was thinly wooded.  The last few miles we followed a creek up in search of water to this encampment, and this morning we fortunately found we were within a few hundred yards of a hole of water.  The horses requiring rest after their long journey yesterday we remained here today.  I sent Jemmy with one of the freshest of the horses to see how the country was watered to the east-south-east.  On his return he reported having found water and old dray-marks about six and three-quarter miles easterly from our last camp.  I made the meridian altitude of the sun A.H. 100 degrees 29 minutes; the latitude is by that observation 25 degrees 3 minutes.  From last camp we came here in about the following courses:  11.12 a.m. east for five miles; 11.30 a.m. east-south-east for three-quarters of a mile; 12.15 p.m. ——­; 1.15 p.m. east-south-east half south for two and three quarter miles to where we crossed a well-watered creek; 2.10 p.m. east for one and a half miles; 5.30 p.m. south-south-east for six miles; 9 p.m. south-east for eight miles:  twenty-five miles.

May 2.  Camp 61.

Jackey and Jemmy spent as usual the greater part of the forenoon in mustering the horses.  We left camp 60 at 10.20 this morning and came twelve and a half miles in a south-east direction.  The four miles we followed the creek up from our last camp took us more easterly than southerly.  After leaving the creek we crossed a low scrubby sandstone range and got to the head of a watercourse in which we found water on following it down to a short distance.  The country we saw today was very scrubby with the