ection; at 5.12 three-quarters of a
mile south in a fruitless search for water. Returned to the same bank by
an east-north-east line of one mile and a quarter in length, where we
encamped. The country we have seen on this side, although fine fattening
plains, is more thinly grassed and not nearly so rich as that on the
plains we saw lower down the river. At the camp we found marjoram, which
makes a pleasant drink. On this side of the river also we observed a
white stunted gum with leaves like that of the apple tree. I may mention
a few common trees which I have observed today--first, on the edges of
the river fine large tea-trees, with foliage (melaleuca) like the
drooping willow; beautiful Leichhardt-trees, pandanus, and
cabbage-palm-trees: on the banks and scattered over the plain, stunted
box, bauhinia, white cedar, and bloodwood; with the pandanus I got too
intimately acquainted for, while with merely a shirt upon me, leading a
restive horse across the river, I fell back and, rolling, got its thorns
into all parts of my body.

Friday November 22. Camp Number 6.

Situated on the left bank of the Gregory River. At 9.44 a.m. steered
south and by east for two miles, and by doing so went across a bend of
the river; at 9.58 made half a mile in a south by west direction; at
10.20 made a quarter of a mile in the same direction, to the left bank of
a watercourse, which was evidently a new one, and which I called the
Macadam, after the Secretary of the Royal Society. Stopped to fill
water-bottles and water the horses as I was afraid of the creek being dry
further up. Started again at 11.40 a.m. at a quicker pace, and at 12.10
p.m. made one mile and a half south; at 12.40 p.m. halted to adjust the
pack of a packhorse after having made one mile and a quarter further in
the same direction. Started again and at 1 p.m. made south and by west
(by following up the Macadam Creek) half a mile; at 1.20 one mile
south-west by south to where we stopped, and started again at 1.26; at
1.55 one mile south-west by south made a point near which there was water
in the Macadam Creek, and encamped.

With respect to the Macadam Creek, it is badly watered and has a dry
shallow aspect, and appears from the scarcity of flood-marks to have
seldom a stream of water in it, and I am of opinion flows chiefly through
flat country. This character of a river has in the settled parts of
Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, the best sheep country on i