Latitude by a Pegasi 20 degrees 7 minutes 23 seconds; variation of compass 6 degrees 20 minutes east.

28th October.

We resumed our journey at 6.25 a.m., steering an east-south-east course, but after crossing some fine grassy ironbark ridges, entered a dense scrub of acacia, sterculia, bauhinia, and thorny shrubs.  Turning north, with some difficulty extricated the party from the scrub, which we then skirted to the east along the bank of the river till 9.10, when the scrub receded, and fine openly-timbered ironbark ridges replaced the scrub.  These ridges were well-grassed, the rocks granite, trap, and porphyry.  The country generally appeared well suited for stock; on both sides of the river no high ranges were visible.  At 2.45 p.m. camped on a fine grassy flat, part of which having been burnt, was now covered with excellent green grass.  The day was cool, with light showers from the east.  The character of the granite was fine-grained, and intersected by veins and masses of trap, and in the latter part of the day’s journey porphyry was superincumbent.  In the scrubs sandstone existed; it was coarse-grained, and contained worn boulders of trap, quartz, granite, slate, and hard sandstone.

29th October.

As the river below turned to the east of its general course, at 6.20 a.m. steered east-south-east and south-east till 9.30, when we again came on the river trending south.  The country consisted of openly-timbered and grassy ironbark ridges, but not equally good with that passed during the last two days.  The river at 10.0 turned to the south-east, along the foot of some steep rocky hills of porphyry resting on granite, and at 11.45 was joined by a dry creek twenty yards wide, coming from the south-west; our course was now east-south-east, passing with difficulty between the river and a steep granite hill, beyond which the country became more sandy, and rose to the south in long gentle slopes scantily grassed, and timbered with bloodwood, ironbark, Moreton-Bay ash, and poplar gum, with a few pandanus; an immense number of deep gullies intersected the ground, cutting deeply into the granite rock beneath the soil, and rendering it difficult to traverse.  A fine range of openly-wooded and grassy hills rose about two to three miles from the left bank of the river, attaining an elevation of 500 to 800 feet above the valley; these hills are probably porphyritic; they are the Porter Range of Leichhardt.  At 2.45 p.m. camped on the bank of the Burdekin River.

The Suttor river.  Mount MCCONNELL.

30th October.