We had hardly completed it before the rain came down in torrents, and water was soon laying every where in the ledges of rock in the bed of the watercourse.

So little do we know what is before us, and so short a time is necessary to change the aspect of affairs, and frequently too, when we least expect it! July 14 .-- Our hut not having been quite water-tight before the rain came, we got very wet during the night, and turned out early this morning to go and hunt for firewood to warm ourselves.
As the weather still continued rainy, I determined to give our horses a day's rest, whilst I walked up the watercourse to examine it farther.

I found the hills open a good deal more as I proceeded, with nice grassy valleys between; and the hills themselves, though high and steep, were rounded at the summits, and richly clothed with vegetation: among them numerous watercourses took their rise in the gorges, and generally these were well marked by gum-trees.

Altogether it was a pretty and fertile spot, and though very hilly, would do well for stock, if permanent water could be found near.

I was quite unsuccessful, however, in my search for this, and the native boy, whom I sent in the opposite direction, after my return, was equally unfortunate.