The weather is evidently getting warmer.

We had been following this creek for two days; it now turned up into a confined glen in a more northerly direction.

At last its northern course was so pronounced we had to leave it, as it evidently took its rise amongst the low hills in that direction, which shut out any view of the higher ranges behind them.

Our road was now about west-north-west, over wretched, stony, barren, mallee (Eucalyptus) covered low hills or stony rises; the mallee scrub being so thick, it was difficult to drive the horses through it.

Farther on we crested the highest ground the horses had yet passed over.