Then follows an account of the other found by the same explorer in 1856, during an earlier expedition.

This was on the upper waters of Elsey Creek, and his description of it runs as follows:-- "The smoke of bush fires was visible to the south, east, and north, and several trees cut with iron axes were noticed near the camp.

There were also the remains of a hut, and the ashes of a large fire, indicating that there had been a party encamped there for several weeks; several trees from six to eight inches in diameter had been cut down with iron axes in fair condition, and the hut built by cutting notches in standing trees and resting a large pole therein for a ridge.

This hut had been burnt apparently by the subsequent bush fires; and only some pieces of the thickest timber remained unconsumed.

Search was made for marked trees, but none were found, nor were there any fragments of iron, leather, or other material of the equipment of an exploring party, or of any bones of animals other than those common to Australia.