A high row of gum trees marked its course from a point rather from the southward of east to the north-north-west.

Crossing to the opposite side we ascended another sand hill by a gradual rise, and again descended to another plain, at the farther extremity of which we could indistinctly see a dark line of trees.

Arriving at these after a ride of six miles, we were stopped by another creek.

Its banks were too steep for the cart, and we consequently turned northward and traced it downwards for four miles before we found a convenient spot at which to halt.

The ground along the creek side was of the most distressing nature; rent to pieces by solar heat, and entangled with polygonum twisted together.