Here The Basaltic Wall Was Over 80 Feet In Height, Hemming Them In From The West; On Some Parts During The Day It Closed In On Both Sides. An Observation At Night Made The Latitude 17 Degrees 51 Minutes.

A curious fishwas caught to-day - it had the appearance of a cod, whose head and tail had been drawn out, leaving the body round. (Camp VIII.)

'October', 18. - Another severe stage, still down the bed of Parallel Creek, from which indeed there was no issue. Frank Jardine describes it as a "pass or gorge, through the range which abuts on each side through perpendicular cliffs, filling it up with great blocks of stone," and adding that "a few more days of similar country would bring their horses to a standstill." Their backs and the feet of the cattle were in a woeful plight from its effects: one horse was lost, and a bull and several head of cattle completely knocked up. Bad as yesterday's journey was, this day's beat it; they managed to travel ten miles over the most villanous country imaginable, with scarcely a vestage of grass, when the camp was again pitched in the bed of the creek. A large number of natives were seen to-day - one mob was disturbed at a waterhole, where they were cooking fish, which they left in their alarm, together with their arms. The spears were the first that had been observed made of reed, and a stone tomahawk was seen, as large as the largest-sized American axe.

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