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Country which we supposed to be a River which seemed to run NW from SE, the land seemed very high to the Southward but still an open Country
distance 20 Miles
January, 29th - Course WSW
We steered our course for about 4 Miles, but the Country did not turn out to our expectation, for we here fell in with the Heads of Creeks which seemed to run towards the River, which we saw from the Hill before mentioned, the ground run Rockey & Scrubby, & we saw falls of Water in the Heads of the Creeks, one about forty feet high, and two more about 20 feet high, here we altered our Course to the North for about 12 Miles, thinking to cut of the heads of the Creeks, but we fell in with more, so we came to the Resolution of Steering our former Course WSW, but finding the Country to run Rockey & Scrubby, here we saw another sort of Timber, the leaves are lighter than a Powder Blue, the tree is low much like an Apple Tree, the Bark much like a Mahogany, we here saw in the Creeks many Pheasants & Rock Kangaroos, likewise Dung of Animals as large as Horse Dung, but coud not see any of them, we had nothing to Eat for two days but one Rat, about the Size of a small Kitten, I myself was