Another rock was composed of felspar and large leaflets of white mica, or of quartz and white mica.

The veins which traversed these rocks were all of quartz, which, within the pegmatite, enlarged into big masses and hills, particularly where basaltic rock was near.

Mr.Gilbert and Charley went down the creek to find water and a practicable road, in case the country should prove mountainous and rocky.

I had a view from a small peak near our camp; the country was full of ridges, but openly timbered, and I saw a low range to the northward, trending from east to west.
May 24 .-- It was the Queen's birth-day, and we celebrated it with what--as our only remaining luxury--we were accustomed to call a fat cake, made of four pounds of flour and some suet, which we had saved for the express purpose, and with a pot of sugared tea.

We had for several months been without sugar, with the exception of about ten pounds, which was reserved for cases of illness and for festivals.