exception of some thinly wooded patches near the creek we left.  The scrub consisted of mulga with a few other trees.  Amongst these I observed broad-leaved ironbark and broad-leaved box, bloodwood, currajong, and bottle-trees.  The broad-leaved box-trees we had not seen previously on this expedition.  The ironbark-trees are seldom or never found far to the southward of the main range.  The soil consisted chiefly at several places of stiff clay which retains an impression a long time when softened by rain.  We observed the dray-tracks Jemmy had seen yesterday about three and a quarter miles on this side of our last camp.  Near to where Jemmy had found the water and the dray-track I made the meridian altitude of the sun A.H. 98degrees 43 minutes; the latitude is by that observation 25 degrees 7 minutes.  We came here from last camp in about the following courses:  11.30 east-south-east for three and a quarter miles up the creek of 60 camp; 12.20, 12.55 east-south-east half a mile; 3.30 south-east seven and a half miles to the head of the watercourse; 3.50 south three-quarters of a mile down watercourse; 3.38 east quarter of a mile; total twelve and a half miles.

May 3.

We left Camp 61 this morning at 8.27.  This camp is situated on the western bank at the head of a watercourse which perhaps flows into the Warrego River.  When we had followed this river down for about twenty-three miles in a southerly direction we encamped.  In following the river down after crossing a short distance below camp along its eastern bank, and when we had ridden about twelve and a quarter miles, we crossed a creek from the eastward.  Nearly all the way today we observed deep horse-tracks, and about four and a quarter miles above here we observed a tree marked FM (conjoined) with cross underneath.  The channel of the river was of a sandstone formation at some places and had fine holes of water.  Our path today came over six miles of unavailable barren scrubby ridges.  The remainder of the way was chiefly over well-grassed land confined on the eastern side for the greater part by sandstone ridges thickly wooded with mulga.  We came here in about the following courses from the last camp:  10.40 south-south-east for five and three-quarter miles; 12.20 south half east for five and a half miles; 1.15 south for one mile; 2.40 south-south-west for four and a half miles; 3.25 south for two and a quarter miles; 4.25 south-south-east for three miles; 4.50 south one and a quarter miles; total twenty-three miles.

May 4.

As this was Sunday we rested ourselves and the horses.  I made the latitude 25 degrees 36 minutes 51 seconds.

May 5.