Round about it were the fresh impressions of feet of all sizes, so that it was clear a family of natives must have been engaged in erecting this simple edifice when we were approaching, and that we must have frightened them away.

Under this idea Mr.Browne and I tried to find them, perhaps hid in some low brush near us, but we could not.

The plains were exceedingly open on both sides, so that they must have seen us at a great distance, and thus had time for flight.
On the 19th we started at daylight, as I proposed if possible to gain the hills before sunset, that being as much as the horses would do.

Running the creek down at three and a half miles we were again attracted by a number of birds, pigeons, the rose cockatoo, the crested paroquet, and a variety of others flying round a clump of trees at no great distance from us, but they were exceedingly wild and watchful.

We found a pool under, or rather shaded by the trees, of tolerable size, and much better than the water nearer to the hills.