We appeared still to be amidst broken stony hills, from which there was no visible outlet.

There was a line of gum-trees, however, in a valley to the southwest of us, as if growing on the side of a creek that would in such case be tributary to the main creek on which our tents were pitched, and we hoped, by running along the base of the hills to the south and turning into the valley, to force our way onwards.

At about three and a half miles our anticipations were verified by our arriving opposite to an opening leading northwards into the hills.

This proved to be the valley we had noticed.

A line of gum-trees marked the course of a small creek, which passing behind a little hill at the entrance of the valley, reappeared on the other side, and then trended to the N.W.Entering the valley and pursuing our way up it, at two miles we crossed another small creek, tributary to the first, and at a mile beyond halted for the night, without having found water.