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changes constantly its character, now having fine waterholes, now a single shallow with a few white gumtrees. The next day 31st May we arrived at the camp at which we had killed our cow only camping at the more northern end of the waterhole. The [1st June?] I set out for the cattle accompanied by Wommai. We rode over all the country, through which the track of our former Expedition lay and visited Spirit camp, on which still all the forked sticks of our tents existed. In continuing from Spirit Camp to the Mackenzie on our former line we met a number of the natives on Spirit Creek, with whom we had a short parley. They were at first extremely shy, but soon commenced to admire everything belonging to us. Here we found a great quantity of the native melon, which are prepared by roasting over the coals; they were an agreeable and wholesome food, but their skins made our lips very sore. At another locality we gather'd a great quantity of Grewia berries, which were most excellent to our palate. Having arrived at the Mackenzie we travelled up till we came to the [kirk? camp of the Mackenzie; supposing to find the cattle in its neighbourhood: but no cattle was there. We now returned to the camp and passing one of the little plains about 14 miles from the junction camp we past the tracks of 4 head of cattle which we followed up, until we found them in the bed of the river. We drove them to the next of our camping places, favourable for keeping them being somewhere by water; but the brutes were so wild that they rushed through the water and escaped. Next morning we followed them for about 5 miles. We drove them to our camp. [Indecipherable] I now determined to make a sweeping ride to the N.East and to see wether [whether] any tracks existed, I resolved upon continuing our Expedition. Should we be successful enough to get 10-18; should I get only 9-12 I intend to go to the [indecipherable] Mackenzie and examine and determine