From this range we could see a long way to the eastward.

The country is very level, with low ranges, but no conspicuous hills.

Not a promising country for water, but still looks good feeding country.

This range is composed of brown hematite, decomposing to yellow (tertiary), and is very magnetic, the compass being useless.

Bituminous pitch found oozing out of the rocks--probably the result of the decomposition of the excrement of bats.
It contains fragments of the wing cases of insects, and gives reactions similar to the bituminous mineral or substance found in Victoria.
Barometer 28.285; thermometer 63 degrees at 5 p.m.On summit of watershed, barometer 28.15; thermometer 69 degrees; latitude 26 degrees 17 minutes 12 seconds, longitude about 119 degrees 54 minutes East.
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Continued on North-East, and, travelling over the watershed of the Murchison, we followed along a gully running North-East; then, passing some water-holes, travelled on and ascended a small range, from which we beheld a very extensive clear plain just before us.