We passed over plains and lightly-timbered basaltic ridges, between which shallow creeks came down from the range, but we only found water in one or two holes.

The plains in the neighbourhood of our intended camp were richly grassed; and a species of Hypoxis and the native Borage (Trichodesma zeylanica, R.
Br.) adorned them with their bright yellow and blue blossoms.

Farther on, however, the grass had been burnt, and was not yet recovered.

As the day advanced, and the black soil became heated by the almost vertical sun, the heat from above and from below became almost insupportable.
Three peaks of this range were particularly striking; two of them seemed to be connected by a lower ridge, in a direction from S.E.to N.W.

The south-eastern I called "Roper's Peak," after my companion, who afterwards ascended it with Murphy and Brown, and the north-western, "Scott's Peak," after Helenus Scott, Esq., of Glendon, Hunter's River, who had kindly assisted me in my expedition.