Enter a hilly country. 
Ascend Barrabungalo. 
Rainy weather. 
Excursion southward. 
The widow returns to the party. 
Natives of Tarray. 
Their description of the country. 
Discover the Loddon. 
The woods. 
Cross a range. 
Kangaroos numerous. 
The earth becomes soft and impassable, even on the sides of hills. 
Discover a noble range of mountains. 
Cross another stream. 
Another. 
General character of the country. 
Proposed excursion to the mountains. 
Richardson’s creek. 
Cross a fine stream flowing in three separate channels. 
A ridge of poor sandy soil. 
Cross another stream. 
Trap-hills and good soil. 
Ascend the mountain. 
Clouds cover it. 
A night on the summit. 
No fuel. 
View from it at sunrise. 
Descend with difficulty. 
Men taken ill. 
New plants found there. 
Repose in the valley. 
Night’s rest. 
Natives at the camp during my absence.

CHAPTER 3.9.

Plains of stiff clay. 
The Wimmera. 
Difficult passage of its five branches. 
Ascend Mount Zero. 
Circular lake, brackish water. 
The Wimmera in a united channel. 
Lose this river. 
Ascend Mount Arapiles. 
Mr. Stapylton’s excursion northward. 
Salt lakes. 
Green Hill lake. 
Mitre lake. 
Relinquish the pursuit of the Wimmera. 
The party travels to the south-west. 
Red lake. 
Small lakes of fresh water. 
White lake. 
Basketwork of the natives. 
Muddy state of the surface. 
Mr. Stapylton’s ride southward. 
Disastrous encounter of one man with a native. 
A tribe makes its appearance. 
More lakes of brackish water. 
Escape at last from the mud. 
Encamp on a running stream. 
Fine country. 
Discovery of a good river. 
Granitic soil. 
Passage of the Glenelg. 
Country well watered. 
Pigeon ponds. 
Soft soil again impedes the party. 
Halt to repair the carts and harness. 
Natives very shy. 
Chetwynd rivulet. 
Slow progress over the soft surface. 
Excursion into the country before us. 
Beautiful region discovered. 
The party extricated with difficulty from the mud.

CHAPTER 3.10.

Cross various rivulets. 
Enter the valley of Nangeela. 
Native female and child. 
Encamp on the Glenelg. 
Cross the Wannon. 
Rifle range. 
Mount Gambier first seen from it. 
Sterile moors crossed by the party. 
Natives numerous but not accessible. 
Again arrive on the Glenelg. 
Indifferent country on its banks. 
Breadth and velocity of the river. 
Encamp on a tributary. 
Difficult passage. 
The expedition brought to a stand in soft ground. 
Excursion beyond. 
Reach a fine point on the river. 
The carts extricated. 
The whole equipment reaches the river.