eorge Bowen, Governor of Queensland, by
telling him that, if he showed us the road, the governor would send from
Brisbane to the first station formed on Bowen Downs a medal, a tomahawk,
and a blanket. This evening Fisherman and Jackey showed Wittin corroboree
dance. For the dance they painted themselves with white streaks, and with
the light of the fire they looked like skeletons. From last camp we
steered in the following courses: 11.40 south half east for five miles;
1.30 south half east for three miles; 2.30 south by west for three miles;
3.40 south-south-west for three miles; distance fourteen miles.

April 15.

We left Camp 48 this morning 9.30. It is situated on the right side of a
long hole of water on the eastern channel of the river at a place bearing
north half west from Mount Pring. We steered for the eastern side of the
Trimpie Range. When we had journeyed about four miles we reached a creek
showing extensive flood-marks and with heaps of mussel shells on its
banks but very little water in its channel. I named it Dunsmore Creek.
Led by Wittin we followed up the creek for about seven miles and
encamped. Several emus seen today, but they were so wild that none of us
succeeded in shooting them. The ground is of a level character on both
sides of Dunsmore Creek; the soil rich with good grass but rather dry for
want of rain. Box-trees grow near the creek. Back from the south bank of
the creek the country is wooded with myall and western- wood acacia. From
the other bank of the creek there are very few trees of any description.
At the place where we struck Dunsmore Creek I made the meridian altitude
of the sun 111 degrees 49 minutes, the latitude A.H. 24 degrees 16
minutes 16 seconds. We steered from our last camp on the river to here on
the following courses: 11.7 south-east half south for four miles to
Dunsmore Creek; 1.40 east-south-east for three and three-quarter miles;
3.15 south-east by east for two and three-quarter miles; 3.40 south and
by west for one mile. Distance come today eleven miles.

April 16.

Camp 49 is situated at Dunsmore Creek at a place bearing north-east from
a hill about three miles distant and north-north-west from a distant
range named by me Mount Johnstone. We tried very hard to persuade Wittin
to show us all the way to Barcoo River. He promised to do so, but after
Jackey and Jemmy went for the horses he left the camp as if he were only
going down to the creek but he did not make hi