On issuing from the scrub we found ourselves among reeds and coarse water-grass; and, from the appearance of the country, we were led to conclude that we had arrived at a part of the interior more than ordinarily subject to overflow.
As soon as the camp was fixed, Mr.Hume and I rode to Mount Harris, over ground subject to flood and covered for the most part by the polygonum, being too anxious to defer our examination of its neighbourhood even for a few hours.
VESTIGES OF MR.

OXLEY'S ENCAMPMENT.
Nearly ten years had elapsed since Mr.Oxley pitched his tents under the smallest of the two hills into which Mount Harris is broken.

There was no difficulty in hitting upon his position.

The trenches that had been cut round the tents were still perfect, and the marks of the fire-places distinguishable; while the trees in the neighbourhood had been felled, and round about them the staves of some casks and a few tent-pegs were scattered.

Mr.Oxley had selected a place at some distance from the river, in consequence of its then swollen state.