Their soil is a tenacious clay, blistered and rotten.

These flats extend to uncertain distances from the river, and vary in breadth from a quarter of a mile to two miles or more.
Beyond them the country is sandy, desolate, and scrubby.

Pine ridges, generally lying parallel to the stream, render travelling almost impracticable where they exist, whilst the deep fissures and holes on the flats, into which it is impossible to prevent the drays from falling, give but little room for selection.

Our animals were fairly worn out by hard pulling on the one, and being shaken to pieces on the other.
Some days prior to the 29th, Mr.Browne and I, on examining the waters of the river, thought that we observed a more than usual current in it; grass and bark were floating on its surface, and it appeared as if the water was pushed forward by some back impulse.

On the 28th it was still as low as ever; but on the morning of the 29th, when we got up it was wholly changed.