Charley saw an emu; but an iguana and a partridge-pigeon were the only addition to our night's mess.
The sky was covered by a thin haze, occasioned by extensive bush fires.

A fine breeze, which sprung up at eleven o'clock, from the northward, made travelling very agreeable.

We enjoy no meal so much as our tea and damper at luncheon, when we encamp between twelve and two o'clock.

It is remarkable how readily the tea dispels every feeling of fatigue, without the slightest subsequent injury of health.
Paludinas and Unios were very frequent in the water-holes.

The silver-leaved Ironbark (Eucalyptus pulverulentus) was here coming into blossom.