He had now used all the medicines we had brought out, and none therefore remained either for him or any one else who might subsequently be taken ill.

As however he was better, on the 12th, I determined to make a second excursion to the eastward, to see if there were any more natives in the neighbourhood of the grassy plains than when I was last there.

Wishing to get some samples of wood I took the light cart and Tampawang also, in the hope that he would be of use.
Although the water in the creek had sunk fearfully there was still a month's supply remaining, but if it had been used by our stock it would then have been dry.

Close to the spot where we had before stopped, there were two huts that had been recently erected.

Before these two fires were burning, and some troughs of grass seed were close to them, but no native could we see, neither did any answer to our call.