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and looks like a change of weather. The whole place becomes so covered with horse mule and cattle tracks, that it is difficult to distinguish the new from the old ones: this is another reason to proceed. 4 natives came up this morning and Wommai had some talk with him. They called him Jimmy [?], which shows, that they had seen Blackfellows of Bokkara Creek

Our kangaroo Joey Spring [offspring?] which I received from Mr Howe is so footsore, after 4 short stages that he will not go much farther, it is inexplicable to me how a dog [?] can be so soft; for only one of our stages was longer than 10 miles. Kangaroos were numerous on the other side of the scrub in the close Ironbark forest which was well provided with young grass. -
thur 15th Jan. Yesterday we left Dried Beef Creek, where several well made natives paid us a visit and keeping NNW we avoided the scrub all together and arrived at the watercourse which goes down to the Dawson. We followed it about 2-3 miles and camped not 500 yards from our former camp. Swift had pursued a kangaroo which we found dead in our road. We past about 1 mile before coming to camp [can't read]  oval tomb of a native, which had a simple tunnulus, [?] kept clean and sheltered with dry branches. It was here that we had found the grave 21/2 years ago. These natives are perhaps in the habit of interring their dead. Those natives who came near our camp, wished evidently to please us, for when they saw me trying to catch one of our mules they too tried to keep him in. Mr Turnbull told me that he had heard the glucking bird at Koimba creek the only time it has been heard, though it was calling through the whole night on our former Expedition. - Last night I observed the Boiling point of water

 

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