The fact is, that they were too lazy to wander far from their own district, and too fond of Maxwell's beef to leave it for a precarious bush subsistence.

Fortunately we found several natives with Mr.Palmer's stockmen, who readily undertook to conduct us by the nearest route to the cataract, which we considered to be midway between Wellington Valley and Mount Harris.

We started under their guidance for Dibilamble, Mr.Palmer's second station, and reached it about half-past 4 p.m.The distance between the two is sixteen miles.

The country for some miles differs in no material point from that through which we had already passed.

The same rich tracts of soil near the river and the same inferiority in the tracks remote from it.