to get water that we did not try to shoot them. We came here in about the
following courses: 11.10 east-south-east eight and a quarter miles to the
range; 2.10 east-south-east eight and a half miles; 4.33 east six and a
half miles; 4.58 south-east three-quarters of a mile; 5.20 east one mile;
total twenty-five miles.

May 7.

We left Camp 64 this morning at 9.30. The camp is situated on the eastern
bank of a small creek which has a south-west course. When we had come in
an east-south-east direction for about nine miles we saw a range of hills
ahead of us, and about two miles further on we crossed a creek with
extensive flood-marks and a south-west course. About three and a quarter
miles further we crossed a small creek and encamped. Our path for the
first part of the way was over poor land thickly wooded with scrubby
trees; the latter part over land generally good with good grasses. The
land near the creek was particularly good and thinly wooded with box.
Having found four emu eggs today Mr. Bourne and I made an excellent
dinner of one of them boiled. We thought it had as delicate a flavour as
a hen's egg; the rest of our party made emu-egg pancakes, and although
they had no salt or sugar they relished them exceedingly. We came here
today in the following direction: at 1 east-south-east for nine and a
quarter miles; 1.40 south-east for one and three-quarter miles on creek;
2.50 south-east for three miles to small creek; 3 south for quarter mile
to camp; distance fourteen and a quarter miles.

May 8.

We left camp this morning at 8.50 and came over scrubby country for six
miles. In the first part of the distance, which was particularly scrubby,