At 15 miles we arrived at the junction of another creek from the south, and running down their united channels, at three miles found a small quantity of water in a deep and shaded hollow.

It was but a scanty supply however, yet being cleaner and purer than any we had for some time seen, I stopped and had some tea.

There was a native's hut on the bank, from which the owner must have fled at our approach; it was quite new, and afforded me shelter during our short halt.

The fugitive had left some few valuables behind him, and amongst them a piece of red ochre.

From this point the creek trended more to the north, spreading over numerous flats in times of flood, dividing its channels into many smaller ones, but always uniting into one at the extremity of the flats.