We were some time skinning the monster, and after securing a little of the best part of the flesh for eating,* proceeded on our way.
(*Footnote.

The writer supped off alligator steaks, and informs the reader that the meat is by no means bad, and has a white appearance like veal.) The river, as I have already said, ran along the base of Sea Range for some distance, when it turned off across the plain in a south-east direction.
BANKS OF THE VICTORIA.
The high land quite overlooked the stream, and enhanced the picturesque effect of the trees that rose in rich green masses on the banks, which were here only about half a mile apart.

The depth, however, was two fathoms, double what it had been for some distance before.

We had now fairly turned our backs on Sea Range, and were crossing the plains in a south-east direction.

On the part of the Victoria we had passed were a few white ducks, with black or very dark brown wings.