In it also was a gigantic ant's nest, being the most southerly one I had yet seen.

All these circumstances convinced me that we were about to enter a very interesting region.

And as we wound along the native path my wonder augmented; the path increased in breadth and in its beaten appearance, whilst along the side of it we found frequent wells, some of which were ten and twelve feet deep and were altogether executed in a superior manner.
NATIVE WARRAN GROUND.

PLAINS ABOUNDING IN THE WARRAN PLANT.
We now crossed the dry bed of a stream and from that emerged upon a tract of light fertile soil, quite overrun with warran plants,* the root of which is a favourite article of food with the natives.

This was the first time we had yet seen this plant on our journey, and now for three and a half consecutive miles we traversed a fertile piece of land literally perforated with the holes the natives had made to dig this root; indeed we could with difficulty walk across it on that account, whilst this tract extended east and west as far as we could see.
(*Footnote.