The earth was piled up in a conical shape, but the trees were not carved over as he had seen them in most other places.
The country became more open after he had passed the last mentioned creek, which he again struck upon at the distance of eight miles, and as it was then leading to the N.N.E.he followed it down for eighteen or twenty miles, and crossed it frequently during the day.

The creek was dry in most places, and where he stopped for the night the water was bad, and the cattle feed indifferent.
Mr.Hume saw many huts, but none of them had been recently occupied, although large quantities of muscle-shells were scattered about.

He computed that he had travelled about thirty miles, in a N.N.W.
direction, and the whole of the land he passed over was, generally speaking, bad, nor did it appear to be subject to overflow.
On the 3rd, Mr.Hume proceeded down the creek on which he had slept, on a northern course, under an impression that it would have joined the Castlereagh, but it took a N.W.direction after he had ridden about four miles, and then turned again to the eastward of north.

In consequence of this, he left it, and proceeded to the westward, being of opinion that the river just mentioned must have taken a more northerly course than Mr.
Oxley supposed it to have done.
A short time after Mr.Hume turned towards the Macquarie, the country assumed a more pleasing appearance.

He soon cleared the brushes, and at two miles came upon a chain of ponds, again running northerly in times of flood.