Open grassland passes Victoria Dams. Most of the land is thinly treed to dry. There are my few creeks that reach are. Angelala Reached Angelala at 10.45 a.m. (442 miles). Only two places anywhere near the tracks: The first is the railroad town, where Mr. & Mrs. James Dutch live. Dutch works only the line; Mrs. Dutch acts as station mistress. The other party is Mr. Reilly, wealthy owner of a large property, on the south side of the track. I am staying with the hospitable Dutch’s. After lunch took a long walk up the creek, very dry except for the impounded water behind a 6 ft concrete dam. The county for is so flat that the stream becomes backed up for several miles. The trees hundreds are said by Reilly to be very backed back of some 9 miles away from the railroad. There has been much burning. Old stumps show that the bush was once thick. Most trees not are a foot or two in diameter. There are burnt remains of 4-5 feet, some with along the creek on other side; but not any about 2 feet. A few scanty bits of trunk adjoin the creek. At 6 o’clock set out my 20 net traps — 10 in flood-debris heaps, 5 in bushy places by the creek, 5 near creek valley. Dan stopped in the roadside, my hammock stay cornerwise. Thurs. Jan? Rain traps at 5 a.m. Found two mice which are very like house mice (the skulls with 3-2 = 10 managers.). Dutch set in his house + caught a number of others. Skinned the two wild-caught specimens. Rabbits abundant. A considerable variety of panto & joleks. Apostle bird, butcher bird, curra, black shrike curra, magpie, fantails, finch, jocko, "black ducks". Went out at 10 with Dutch on horseback to see dam up water holes at 4 as 8 miles out. Ragged tracks in mud but not many. Simplex & glaucous — shaped white daisies wild (escaped) and statum. Creek nearly dry