We found that it meandered through a piece of open plain, splendidly grassed, and delightful to gaze upon.

How beautiful is the colour of green! What other colour could even Nature have chosen with which to embellish the face of the earth?
How, indeed, would red, or blue, or yellow pall upon the eye! But green, emerald green, is the loveliest of all Nature's hues.

The soil of this plain was good and firm.

The creek had now worn a deep channel, and in three miles from where we camped we came upon the top of a high red bank, with a very nice little water-hole underneath.

There was abundance of water for 100 or 200 horses for a month or two, and plenty more in the sand below.
Three other ponds were met lower down, and I believe water can always be got by digging.