We passed several muddy water-holes, and at length stopped at a small clear deep pond.

The colour of the water, a light green, at once betrayed its quality; but fortunately for us, though brackish it was still tolerable, much better than the gritty water we had passed.

There was however but little vegetation in its neighbourhood, the grass being coarse and wiry.

Both on this creek and some others we had passed, we observed that the graves of the natives were made longitudinally from north to south, and not as they usually are from east to west.
The evening we stopped at this place was very fine.

We had descended into the bed of the creek, and Mr.Browne and I were reclining on the ground, looking at the little pond, in which the bank above was clearly reflected.