the north-east. The tracks were made probably by the parties who have
occupied Bowen Downs. Bowen Downs is a fine tract of country that Mr. N.
Buchanan and I discovered about two years ago. The country we passed over
today is easily described. It is undulating poor land of a sandstone
formation, grassed with triodia and wooded with ironbark and bloodwood.
Having left the creek on which we encamped last night our course today
took us back onto high ground from which, descending, we reached this by
the following courses: 11.45 south-south-west eight and three-quarter
miles; 1.45 south five and three-quarter miles. Distance come today
fourteen and a half miles. In a waterhole near camp Mr. Bourne caught a
great quantity of small fish, an agreeable addition to our fare, and from
the same waterhole Fisherman got a quantity of mussels for our breakfast
tomorrow.

March 27. Camp 35, situated on the right bank of a small well-watered
creek at a point about half a mile above its junction with a larger creek
from the north-west.

Jackey and I left camp this morning at 9. When we had gone down the creek
in a southerly direction for two and three-quarter miles we left it and
went west, expecting to find the tracks of our party as I had asked Mr.
Bourne to steer south-south-west; but, not finding the tracks, we
returned to camp and reached it at 1.15. At camp we learned that the
horses were only mustered a few minutes before our arrival. In my ride
with Jackey down the creek I saw the recent tracks of a cow or steer
(probably made by the beast that had been on the Flinders River). I would
have tried to have found the beast with a view of killing it for the
benefit of our party, but from seeing the dray-tracks near the camp I
thought this was unnecessary as I was convinced we were near a station.
Before leaving the subject of the beast I may mention that it may have