We crossed the river, or rather over its bed--a patch of stones--and found some shells of the water-tortoise at the remains of a native fire on the bank: we named the reach Tortoise Reach, in consequence.

Here too Mr.Bynoe added some rare and beautiful specimens of finches to his collection.
ENERVATING EFFECT OF THE GREAT HEAT.
The cool north-west wind had now deserted us, and though yet scarcely nine o'clock A.M.the thermometer stood at 105 degrees.

I had again the good fortune to shoot a kangaroo: it was a long cross-shot, the animal going at speed.

Our route now lay across a barren stony plain, of which the vegetation it might once have boasted had been burnt off: the blackened ground, heated by the fierce rays of the sun, seemed still to us on fire.

In crossing a creek which lay in our path, and which we managed to do by means of a fallen tree, Mr.Forsyth showed symptoms of being struck with the sun, but a little water, which I was happy enough to get from the creek, revived him.