On his way back to Bathurst, he bestowed upon the new river the name it now bears.

A short passage in his diary, written during his return, is of peculiar interest, as it contains the first mention of snow seen in Australia by white men.

On Thursday, the 8th of June, he writes:-- "The mountains I observed bearing north-west are covered with snow; I thought on my way out that their tops looked rather white.

To-day it was distinguished as plain as ever I saw snow on the mountains in Van Diemen's Land.

I never felt colder weather than it has been some days past.