You will understand that this kind of travelling was very different from that which we experienced on the Victoria River--which, by the way, traversed a very fine country.
As we ascended it we passed many isolated hills of perhaps a few hundred feet, and nowhere did I see any scrub or spinifex.
After leaving the Victoria we came upon a more elevated plateau covered with rather fine but short grass; the trees were scarcer here, but finer and bigger.

There was plenty of water in the native wells and in the hollows, although we frequently had to remove a few stones to get at it.
There were plenty of kangaroos and emus about, as well as turkeys; these latter provided us with an unwonted dish, to say nothing of their delicious eggs.
Another reason for our coming round out of our course when we came to forests was because but little food was found in them.

Kangaroos and other animals were seldom or never found there: they abounded usually in the more scrubby country.

Our progress was very leisurely, and, as we met tribe after tribe, we ingratiated ourselves with them and camped at their wells.

Occasionally we came upon curious rivers and lagoons that ran into the earth and disappeared in the most mysterious way, only to reappear some distance farther on.