when practicable. At 8.26 made a quarter of a
mile north-west. At 8.35 made half a mile west-north-west. At 8.50 made
half a mile south-west and by west. At 9.4 made half a mile
west-north-west. At 9.16 made half a mile west-south-west to junction of
another creek from the south, named by me Haughton Creek. At 9.45 made
one mile west-south-west to junction of another creek from the south,
named by me Dodwell Creek. At 10.12 made one mile west by north. At 10.20
made a quarter of a mile west to junction of another creek from south. At
10.27 made a quarter of a mile north by west. At 10.52 made
three-quarters of a mile north-west. At 11.7 made half a mile north-west.
At 11.20 made half a mile west and by south. At 11.40 made three-quarters
of a mile north-west. At noon made three-quarters of a mile west. At
12.26 made one mile west and by south. At 1 made one mile west by south.
At 1.7 made a quarter of a mile south to a point on the right bank, where
we formed our fourteenth camp, as we found there water in the river from
a recent thunderstorm. The bed of the river we had found perfectly dry
for some distance back. The river is badly watered along the course we
have come. Below our last camp it has quite a different character. There
are now only gumtrees in the bed of it, whereas lower down it was crowded
with green trees, consisting chiefly of fig, Leichhardt, drooping
tea-tree, cabbage-palm, pandanus, etc. All the country above Camp 11 on
the banks of the river is composed of barren, rocky, basaltic ridges,
which are slightly timbered with stunted bloodwood trees and overrun with
triodia, with the exception of narrow strips of flooded country on each
side of the river, on the lowest parts of which there is coarse grass,
and on the higher parts there are tufts of the best description of
grasses.

Tuesday December 4. Camp Number 14, situated on the Gregory River.

At 7.58 a.m. left camp and at 8.20 made three-quarters of a mile south to
opposite junction of creek from south, which I have named Fullarton
Creek. At 8.35 a.m. made three-quarters of a mile south-west to the
junction of another creek from south. At 8.53 made a quarter of a mile
west-south-west. At 9 made three-quarters of a mile west. At 9.20 made
three-quarters of a mile west-south-west. At 9.27 made a quarter of a
mile west-south-west to junction of creek from west. At 10 made one mile
south-west. At 10.35 made one mile south-west to junction of creek from