2 .-- I moved my camp to the water-hole, near which I had met with the natives, and halted at the outside of a Bauhinia grove.

On visiting the spot where the blacks were encamped, it appeared that they had returned and carried away all their things, probably well contented that we had not taken more than the turkey's egg.

The mosquitoes were a little troublesome after sunset and in the early part of the night; but, after that time, it was too cold for them.

The flies were a much greater nuisance; at times absolutely intolerable, from the pertinacity with which they clung to the corners of our eyes, to the lips, to the ears, and even to the sores on our fingers.

The wind was generally from the eastward during the morning, with cumuli; but these disappeared in the afternoon.
Brown found a crab, (a species of Gecarcinus ?) the carapace about an inch and a quarter long, and one and a half broad, the left claws much larger than the right, the antepenultimate joint having a strong tooth on the upper side; it is found in moist places and in the lagoons, and, when these are dried up, it retires under logs and large stones.
Mr.Gilbert saw a large grey wallabi, and a small one which he thought was new.