succeeded in shooting them. The ground is of a level character on both
sides of Dunsmore Creek; the soil rich with good grass but rather dry for
want of rain. Box-trees grow near the creek. Back from the south bank of
the creek the country is wooded with myall and western- wood acacia. From
the other bank of the creek there are very few trees of any description.
At the place where we struck Dunsmore Creek I made the meridian altitude
of the sun 111 degrees 49 minutes, the latitude A.H. 24 degrees 16
minutes 16 seconds. We steered from our last camp on the river to here on
the following courses: 11.7 south-east half south for four miles to
Dunsmore Creek; 1.40 east-south-east for three and three-quarter miles;
3.15 south-east by east for two and three-quarter miles; 3.40 south and
by west for one mile. Distance come today eleven miles.

April 16.

Camp 49 is situated at Dunsmore Creek at a place bearing north-east from
a hill about three miles distant and north-north-west from a distant
range named by me Mount Johnstone. We tried very hard to persuade Wittin
to show us all the way to Barcoo River. He promised to do so, but after
Jackey and Jemmy went for the horses he left the camp as if he were only
going down to the creek but he did not make his appearance again. Jemmy
said his reason for not going to Barcoo River was that the blacks there
would kill him if they found him in their country. When we had followed
the creek up about thirteen miles to near its source in Johnstone Range
we had to return four miles to get water for our encampment as there was
none in the upper part of the creek. We saw several emus today but as
usual we did not manage to shoot any. The ground we saw from our path is
rich, chiefly wooded with myall; the herbage good but rather dry from the
want of rain. In the middle of the day, when we had gone back for a
considerable distance on the north-east side of the creek, we got to the