The creek was, no doubt, the hollow he stated that he crossed on that excursion, and its appearance certainly justified his opinion of it.

Its bed was choked up with bulrushes or the polygonum, and its banks were level with the country on either side, or nearly so.

We passed over extremely rich soil the whole day, on a S.W.and by W.course, though the timber upon it was dwarfish, and principally of the rough-gum kind.
On the 2nd of April, we stopped in order to make some repairs upon the dray; the wheels of which had failed us.

Clayton put in four new spokes, and we heated the tyres over again, by which means we got it once more serviceable.
WILD MELON.
The soil in the creek was of the richest quality, and was found to produce a dwarf melon, having all the habits and character of the cucumber.
The fruit was not larger than a pigeon's egg, but was extremely sweet.
There were not, however, many ripe, although the runners were covered with flowers, and had an abundance of fruit upon them.

In the morning, we sent the tinker on horseback up the creek, to ascertain how far the next water was from us, desiring him to keep the creek upon his right, and to follow his own track back again.