When these natives first endeavoured to make themselves heard by the stranger, they had advanced some little distance from the rest, but as he approached them they retreated, and wanted the serjeant, in whom they always placed great confidence, to take his gun, and go with them, which was not permitted:  this showed that they, as well as the other native, thought there was some danger in the meeting; and the caution with which the stranger approached them was very great; by sending the boy before him with the fire, he could see if those he was going to join were armed or not, whilst the trees kept him from their view.  This man had a stone hatchet, a spear, and a throwing-stick, which one of our natives was very desirous of his leaving; probably as a pledge for his returning in the morning, but this he refused:  he was a young man, of the tribe of Bu-ru-be-ron-gal, and named -Bur-ro-wai_; his hair was ornamented with the tails of several small animals, and he had preserved all his teeth.  On Colebe being asked how this man lived, he said that he had no canoe, but lived by the chace.

The next morning, (the 12th of April,) our party set off at half past six o’clock, keeping their course north-west, through a poor country, though covered with timber, till three quarters past eight, when they saw the river, which, in this situation, is about 300 feet wide:  the banks are high, and the soil a light sand, but producing fine strait timber:  this sand, which in some places does not appear to have any mixture of mould, extends several hundred yards from the river.  The party were now eighteen miles and an half from Rose-Hill, which bore from them north 28 deg. west.

The current in the river was running down, and they set off at half past ten o’clock, to follow its windings, as it ran to the eastward.  The person who was charged with counting his paces, and setting the objects to which they directed their march, had hitherto gone first; but the long sedge, the dead branches which had fallen from the trees, the nettles, and a weed resembling ivy which entangled the feet, made walking on, or near the banks of the river very fatiguing; he was therefore directed to follow the party, and to take the bearings of those who went before him from time to time, still counting his paces, that they might always know their situation in the woods, and the direction it would be necessary to take when they returned across the country.

They proceeded in an Indian file, the person who went first, always falling into the rear whenever he found himself fatigued.

Several good situations were seen on the opposite side of the river as our party went along, and the ground appeared to be good:  they also passed some good spots on their side of the river, and saw several places where the natives had slept on its banks.  Ducks were seen in great numbers, but the party seldom got a shot.