They got up immediately, and we moved down the creek, on a northerly course, without breakfasting as usual.

We found that dense brushes of casuarina lined the creek on both sides, beyond which, to our left, there was open rising ground, on which eucalypti, cypresses, and the acacia longifolia, prevailed; whilst to the east, plains seemed to predominate.
Although we had left the immediate spot at which the kangaroo flies (cabarus) seemed to be collected, I did not expect that we should have got rid of them so completely as we did.

None of them were seen during the day; a proof that they were entirely local.

They were about half the size of a common house fly, had flat brown bodies, and their bite, although sharp and piercing, left no irritation after it.
About noon we stopped at the creek side to take some refreshment.

The country bore an improved appearance around us, and the cattle found abundance of pasture.