Sandstone rock cropped out on several spots, and pieces of broken quartz were strewed over the ground.

All the water-holes along the low ridges and within the bed of the river, were full of water; and the district seemed to be one of those which, from their peculiar conformation of surface, are more frequently favoured by thunder-storms.
Native companions flew down the river, and flights of ducks held their course in the same direction.

With the hope of finding a good supply of water lower down, we continued our journey on the 21st March.

The creek frequently divided into channels, forming large islands of a mile and a mile and a-half in length, covered with scrub, and over which freshes had swept.

All at once, the water disappeared; the deepest holes were dry; the Melaleucas were not to be found; the flooded-gums became very rare, and the rich green grass was replaced by a scanty wiry grass.