the thermometer, at 8 A.M.and at noon, stood at 48 degrees and 60 degrees respectively; the barometer at 29.750, and the boiling point was 212 degrees nearly, thus indicating that we had risen but a few feet above the level of the sea.

We left Lake Bonney on the 3rd of September, and crossing the bank of sand by which it is confined, traversed the flat behind it for about three miles, when we ascended some feet, and entered a low brush that continued for nearly nine miles, with occasional openings in it to that angle of the river which is opposite to the one at the end of the fossil formation.
Our camp at this place was on one of the prettiest spots on the Murray.
Our tents were pitched on some sloping ground, sheltered from the S.W.
wind.

The feed was excellent, and the soil of better quality than usual.
We had a splendid view of the river, which here is very broad and flanked on the right by a dark clay cliff, which is exceedingly picturesque.

On the opposite side of the stream there is an extensive, well wooded and grassy flat of beautiful and park-like appearance.

Altogether it was a cheerful and pleasant locality, and we were sorry to leave it so soon.
Our observations placed us in lat.