The creek which I followed down, almost entirely disappeared; but, five miles farther on, its channel was again observed, as deep as before, and was joined by several water-courses from the Christmas Ranges.

The principal channel of the creek was lined with a species of Melaleuca, with slightly foliacious bark.

Several species of sedges, and nutritious grasses, grew round the holes in which the water was constant.

At about fifteen miles from the camp, the creek was joined by that which I had followed for some distance on the 15th December, and, about three miles farther down, it receives another considerable tributary; and, at their junction, it is a fine sheet of water.

Here the country begins to open, with large Box-flats extending on both sides.