of the sun 78 degrees; latitude 19 degrees 51 minutes 7 seconds.  Started again at 7.43 and came east-south-east four miles on the tracks of our party along an unwooded plain with plenty of old grass on it, now green from the recent wet weather; and along a low sandy ridge, green with grass and brushwood.  This land evidently retains the moisture better than that of the country down the river.  At 2.40 came south-east and by east one and three-quarter miles over level, well-grassed, and thinly-wooded land, with the exception of a sandhill wooded with bauhinia.  At 3.45 came south one and a half miles over poor sandy land, badly grassed and thickly wooded.  At 4.15 came south-west and by south one and a half miles over level country covered with roley-poley, pigweed, saltbush, and young grass, and wooded with box and western-wood acacia to water, and encamped.  Distance eighteen and a quarter miles.

March 1.  Camp 16, situated on the right bank of the Flinders River.

Left same this morning at 8.40.  At 10.30 travelled five miles east-south-east on an average course along the right bank of the river over rich level land covered with roley-poley, pigweed, grass, and saltbush, and wooded with box, terminalia, and other trees.  At 11.20 came south-east and by east over land such as I have just described for two and a quarter miles.  Halted with Jemmy and on a short plain horizon made the following observation, namely, meridian altitude of the sun 77 degrees 27 minutes; latitude 20 degrees 3 minutes 30 seconds.  At 12.23 started on the tracks of our party.  At 12.58 came one and three-quarter miles over sandy level land on which I observed, amongst other grasses, tufts of kangaroo-grass.  At 1.30, when we had come south-east one and a half miles over an unwooded plain and very rich soil covered with roley-poley, pigweed, saltbush, and luxuriant young grass, we overtook our party.  At 2.20 came south-east and east over an unwooded well-grassed plain to a watercourse from the east, with long holes of water.  Here a black was observed in the distance.  As this was the first whom we had seen since leaving the depot, and as I never had observed tracks on either this expedition or the one to the south-west which a thundershower would not efface, I think there cannot be many blacks in the country near the Gulf of Carpentaria.  At 3 came east-south-east over rich low plains with large patches of saltbush for two miles.  At 3.35 came south-south-east over slightly undulating land with abundance of grass, and slightly wooded with trees and bushes, for two miles to a watercourse from the east.  On the country I have just mentioned grow bushes like the garden-box, loaded with fruit pleasant to the taste.  We broke branches and ate the berries as we rode along.  At 4.23 came up the watercourse a quarter of a mile and crossed.  This was a matter of difficulty as it was boggy.  At 5.20 came over rich level country with boggy watercourses from the east and encamped.  Distance today twenty and a quarter miles.