Wishing to examine the country there as far to the north as possible on my way back, I passed over the northern extremity of the ranges.

They there appeared gradually to terminate, and a broad belt of pine scrub from the westward stretched across the country, below me, to the east, until it joined the forest, through a lower part of which we had penetrated to Mount Lyell; but beyond this scrub nothing was to be seen.

On my return to the camp I examined the drays, and found that the hot weather had had a tremendous effect on the wheels; the felloes had shrunk greatly, and the tyres of all were loose.

I therefore had them wedged and put into serviceable condition.
The heat at this period was every day increasing, and it blew violently from whatever point of the compass the wind came.
On the 17th I examined the stock, and was glad to find they were all in good condition, the horses fast recovering from their late fatigues, the cattle in excellent order, and the sheep really fat.
Mr.Stuart was generally employed over the chart, which now embraced more than 80 miles of a hilly country, and I was happy to find that our angles agreed.
As I have already observed, there were a great variety of the cereal grasses about Flood's Creek, but they merely occupied a small belt on either side of it.

All the grasses were exceedingly green, and there was a surprising appearance of verdure along the creek.