We there saw a beautiful parrot, but could not procure it.

The plain we next rode across was evidently subject to floods in many parts; the soil was a mixture of sand and clay.

There was a good deal of grass here and there upon it, and box-trees stunted in their growth were scattered very sparingly round about; but the country was otherwise denuded of timber.

There were large bare patches on the plains, that had been full of water not long before, but too shallow to have lasted long, and were now dry.

We found several small pools, however, and halted at one, after a journey of 17 miles, near some gum-trees.
The morning of the 20th was exceedingly calm, with the wind from the west, but it had been previously from the opposite point.