Although there was a little grass on the plains between the camp and the ranges, there was none in the valley in which we stopped.

Low bushes of rhagodia and atriplex were alone to be seen, growing on a red, tenacious, yet somewhat sandy soil, whilst the ranges themselves were covered with low brush.
The water had almost all leaked out of the tank when we examined it, so that it was no longer of any service to us.

On the morning of the 7th, therefore, I sent Lewis and Sullivan with the cart back to the camp, retaining Flood and Morgan to attend on Mr.Browne and myself.
When we started I directed them to follow up the creek, which did not appear to continue much further, and on arriving at the head of it to cross the range, where it was low, in the hope that they would strike the opposite fall of waters in descending on the other side, whilst I went with Mr.Browne to a hill from which I was anxious to take bearings, although Lewis, who had already been on the top of it, assured me that there was nothing new to be seen.

However, we found the view to be extensive enough to enable us to judge better of the character of the country than from any other point on which we had yet been.

It was traversed by numerous rocky ridges, that extended both to the north and south beyond the range of vision.