Cannilta.--Cannilta is a waterhole of good clear water in a small
rocky creek which runs out on the low mud flats and swampy ground
lying between Altoka and Tangowoko: it is situated in latitude 29
degrees 26 minutes 42 seconds south, longitude 142 degrees 40
minutes east, by account, nearly a mile from the north-westernmost
point of the swampy ground. This point may be distinguished by the
growth of a coarse kind of reedy grass, which does not make its
appearance on the southern portion of the swamp or lake. The water
in the hole was only two or three feet deep, but is well shaded by
box trees, and will probably last two or three months. The
temperature of the surface of the water at seven A.M., 2nd of
November, was 60.5 degrees; that of the air being at the same time
60 degrees.

The Cangapundy Swamp.--The Cangapundy Swamp is an extensive tract
of low clay land, which bears the appearance, as regards the
vegetation of its banks, of having a tolerably permanent supply of
water; but, unless some portions of the swamp are much deeper than
where we passed, the water could not last throughout a dry season.
The banks of the swamp are densely clothed with grasses,
marshmallows, polygonum bushes, and shrubs, which shelter numerous
kinds of waterfowl and snakes.

Character of Land.--It will be seen by the tracing that a large
proportion of the land between Torowoto and Wright's Creek is
composed of low mud plains and clay flats, subject to inundation.
Most of these are devoid of vegetation of any kind, and others
carry some stunted salt bushes and coarse grasses, which appear to
be struggling between life and death. Bounding the mud-flats are
generally some stony rises well grassed and sometimes lightly