Much rain had fallen at the foot of the range, but we had very little of it.

Several of my companions suffered by eating too much of the cabbage-palm.

The Blackfellows will doubtless wonder why so many noble trees had been felled here.

One of our kangaroo-dogs followed a kangaroo, and did not return; a severe loss, as we have only one left out of five, and this one is young and diseased.
Our little terrier keeps very well.
Dec.

12--After a clear night, the morning was misty, with a wall of clouds to the westward; at nine o'clock it cleared up, and loose cumuli passed over from the east; at eleven o'clock all clouds had disappeared, and a cool breeze set in from the northward.