There were long water-holes about twenty-five feet broad, and three or four deep; but the water was exceedingly muddy.

The banks were of a stiff, light-coloured clay, without any vegetation either on them or the contiguous flats, except a few bushes of polygonum growing under box-trees.
We here stopped to breakfast, although there was but little for the horses to eat.

We then proceeded on a north-east {SOUTH-EAST in published text} course down the creek, keeping close upon its banks to avoid the macadamized plains on either side.

To our left there were some undulating hills, and beyond them the summits of some remarkable flat-topped hills were visible.

After leaving the place where we had breakfasted, we did not find any more water in the bed of the creek, but halted late in the afternoon at a small lagoon, not far from it.