bell, Allison, and Jemmy started up the river, and Fisherman
and I started to look for a river from the southward. At 10.5, after
having crossed the river, we made one mile and three-quarters
south-south-west over rising ground, of the richest soil with hardly a
tree upon it, to the foot of the ranges, at which place Mount Kay bore 56
degrees; the hill, probably, with the cairn on the top, 53 degrees; the
ranges bearing 68 to 71 degrees, which I think are on the right bank of a
watercourse we found soon afterwards, which I named the O'Shanassy River,
just above its junction with the Gregory River. A table hill, about a
mile distant 92 degrees. At 10.50 we made half a mile south-south-west to
the top of a range which has a basaltic stony character. From it we
observed that we were 327 degrees from a distant long-topped table hill.
Having got into broken country I depended too much on Fisherman to take
me out of it into the next valley, but he took me on to the river at a
point a considerable distance up its course. At 1 p.m. we returned to the
point, which is one mile and three-quarters south-south-west from the
camp we left in the morning. At 1.30 we made east-south-east, past the
little table hill to a beautiful valley of the richest soil, but now
without water, and all the grass parched up, at which point Mount Kay
bore north-north-west, about one mile distant. We then searched for the
river we expected to find coming from the southward, and found it by
following down the river north-east for one mile and a half below Mount
Kay, where we marked a tree--broad arrow before L. We then followed the
river up for half a mile and observed that it was running. It does not
join at the place which we the previous day thought was the junction of a
river. Just above the junction there is a scrub of large fig-trees, on
which there were a great number of flying foxes. There is a hill on the
right bank of the river, just above its junction with the Gregory, which
I named Smith's Range. In returning I observed at a point one mile and
three-quarters south-south-west from the camp remarkable hills on both
sides of the Gregory River, about half a mile above the junction with the
O'Shanassy, which I have named the Prior Ranges. At 4.48 we returned to a
point opposite Mount Kay. At 5.26 made two miles up the river to where
there are remarkable bluff hills on both sides of the river (the lower
hills of the gorge). At 5.50 we observed that we