4.
1863
| Oct | 13 | Shoeing horses started at 3.30 to inspect run, with Mr Taylor & McC.; camped on plain 3ms. S.E. of conical hill now named "Halls Hill". |
| 14 | About E.S.E. to Kangaroo (fine pool of Gregory) 10ms, then E.N.E. 6ms to George, [River] & thence 7ms, to Sherlock, [River] followed its downward course about 2ms surprised a party of natives at a shallow water hole, & camped on plain at junction of George & Sherlock. | |
| 15 | We crossed the Sherlock at its junction with the "George", but little water & that very salt, then made about N.E. course 5ms. to E. branch of Sherlock travelled up it a few miles but finding it very dry to to where N & S line wd. pass near it, we returned to W. branch & on to main branch of George, followed it up S. about 8ms. came on running water & many Natives not far from Black Hill, from which a W. course brought us after dark to the head water in "Taylors Creek", upper part of "Kangaroo" (a "fine pool") & we camped at 8 p.m. on 1 of 3 fine pools not seen before, which took their rise at the foot of Mt Wellard (Wellard Range) a high & abrupt table topped hill to the N. of King's "Pyramid". | |
| 16 | On to "Kangaroo" (after having spent much of the morning examining grounds for homestead) thence after a rest of 3 hrs home. We found no suitable place for a head station; & no permanent water, except in the S. George & perhaps "Taylor's Creek", the water in S. George wd not be on the run & is rough, thick, with poor feed & the high ground up Taylor's C. above "Kangaroo" Pool does not lay well for feed at flood times & should it not prove permanent all the stock wd have to come to the "Harding" for water. | |
| 17 | Examined map with Mr Taylor & McC. & went over our route, & all concluded that 49 was the best place for a homestead. | |
| 18 | (Sunday) returned home, as far as McC's. | |
| 19 | Cattle hunting with McC.found all but one small red heifer & returned home. |
