distant 103 degrees; a high distant conical hill, the one that I probably saw from the table range near 27 Camp, 5 degrees; the table ranges 310 degrees.  We were thirsty and as we did not know how far our party would have to go to get water for the encampment I spent as little time as possible in making observations.  Having started after the main party we overtook them just as it was getting dark.  They had gone round the mountain and, as they had not found water, they were proceeding to the north-east in search of it.  Continuing the same course we reached at 8 p.m. water and encamped.  The land we passed over today is good; the soil is a rich reddish loam.  The country consists of downs luxuriantly covered with good grasses except at places which are overrun with roley-poley.  These downs are thinly wooded in places with myall, white-wood, and Port Curtis sandalwood.  Frederick Walker’s Table Mountain is of a sandstone formation and is covered at places with triodia.  On the southern side of it there is a dry watercourse which rises from the northward.  At many places in coming up this river we have observed a most interesting vine which produced pods of beautiful silky cotton.  As the pods were pleasant to eat we were on the continual lookout for it.  Distance today about eighteen miles.

March 19.  Camp 29, situated on flat ground on the left side of a small watercourse at a point bearing in the following way from the following ranges:  one end of Frederick Walker’s Table Mountain about five miles distant, the other end about four miles distant, 245 degrees; one end of a table range about one and a half miles distant from Frederick Walker’s Table Mountain 199 degrees; the other end 192 degrees; the end of a long table range 160 degrees.

Jemmy was so unwell this morning that we had to delay some time before he could proceed.  Started at 9.52 a.m.  Having come three miles north-east we waited for some time as Gleeson was too unwell to travel.  Afterwards we proceeded about two miles and encamped.  The land we saw today was on the whole well grassed; the flattest portions of it are wooded with myall, Port Curtis sandalwood, and western-wood acacia.  The country looking from the unwooded plains is beautiful and with luxuriant herbage; the surrounding isolated ranges lends an interest to the scenery.  The river has here a sandy channel about 120 paces wide with a shallow stream meandering along its almost level surface.

March 20.

Camp 30, situated on the left bank of the Flinders River at the north-west base of an isolated range bearing the following way from the following ranges:  one end of Frederick Walker’s Table Mountain about eight miles distant 2 degrees 36 minutes; the other end 2 degrees 23 minutes; a range about six miles distant 209 degrees; a little isolated hill 193 degrees; north-west end of a table range about five miles distant 189 degrees; north-west end of a table range about two miles distant 174 degrees;