I reached camp I made the meridian altitude of the sun 63.18, on a good
land horizon; latitude 22 degrees 27 minutes 39 seconds. We came here on
the following courses: 10.20 south-east and by east two and three-quarter
miles; 11.40 south-south-east four miles; 12.45 south-south-east two
miles to ---- Creek; 3.20 south seven and a quarter miles. Distance today
sixteen miles.

April 1.

We started this morning at eight. When we had come down along the left
bank of the river about eight miles Jemmy and I left our party and went
back to the unwooded downs. These downs extend as far as the eye can
reach to the eastward. Before we had gone far we found the recent tracks
of an exploring party, and instead of rejoining our party we followed the
tracks to see where they led, which appeared to be in the direction of
some untimbered hills on the left bank of the Aramak Creek. After leaving
the tracks we made for the river, and reached it at a point a short
distance above an old camp of mine where there is a tree marked L over
LXIX. At the river we found we had overshot our party, so we had to
follow the river up to find their encampment. Our path today went fifteen
miles over unwooded, undulating, rich ground bearing abundance of grass;
then eleven and a half miles over a country with higher undulations and
good grass, with myall, western-wood acacia and Port Curtis sandalwood.
We went by the following courses: 11.20 south eight and three-quarter
miles; 2.20 south and by east six and a half miles; 3.24 south-south-west
two and a half miles; 4.45 south-west four miles; 5.7 west one mile to
the river; 5.25 north-north-west three-quarters of a mile to marked tree;
6.30 north-west and by north three miles to encampment. Distance
travelled by Jemmy and myself today twenty-six and a half miles.