The opposite side of the river was rather undulated, and the soil appeared to be of the finest description.

The grass, although growing in tufts, afforded abundance of pasture for the cattle; and, on the whole, this struck me as a most eligible spot for a station, and I found it occupied as such on the return of the expedition.

We had encamped about a quarter of a mile from Taylor's Rivulet, which discharges itself into the Macquarie from the N.E., and is the first stream, upon the right bank, below the Wellington Valley.
Immediately after receiving it the river sweeps away to the southward, in consequence of which it became again necessary for us to cross it.

Our guides, who were intelligent lads, led the cattle to a ford, a little below the junction of Taylor's Rivulet, at which we effected a passage with some difficulty; the opposite bank being very steep, and we were obliged to force our way up a gully for some eighty or a hundred yards before we could extricate the team.

Pursuing our journey, in a N.W.
direction, we soon left the rich and undulating grounds bordering the river behind us.