I could not resist the temptation of tasting one of the eggs, which was excellent; but, as they seemed to have trusted to our generosity, I left every thing in its place, and departed.

Brown thought that one of them looked like a half-caste, and, as they had called us, as far as we understood, "whitefellows," I felt confirmed in my supposition, either that a white man was with them, or had lived among them very recently.

I returned to the creek, in order to find another water-hole with water; but did not succeed, and had to encamp without it.

During the night we heard the noise of a frog, "brrr, brrr;" probably a new species, for we had never heard that croak before.

It seemed, however, to frighten Brown, who, like all blackfellows, is very timid after night-fall.
Yesterday we met with a new leguminous shrub.