In the vicinities of several of the camps, Charley found many nests of the native bee, full of the sweetest and most aromatic honey we had ever tasted.

The wild Marjoram, which grows abundantly here, and imparts its fragrance even to the air, seemed to be the principal source from which the bee obtained its honey.

We collected a considerable quantity of the marjoram, and added it to our tea, with the double intention, of improving its flavour, and of saving our stock; we also used it frequently as a condiment in our soup.
To the westward of our camp of the 25th January, was a large hill, which I called "West Hill;" and, to the north and north-east, several ridges confined the large valley of our creek and its tributaries.

From a sandstone peak to the north-east, which I descended with Mr.Roper, I again saw the range of peaks which I had first observed from Mount Stewart in a W.N.W.

direction; and the country to the north and north-east was evidently very mountainous: the valleys descending in a northerly direction.