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There's much more of the Tableland to the west to S? SSE.- 20-25 miles away. To extreme eastern tip level with 505 miles; 10-15 miles to SE.
498 mi. Another block of Tottelgeld to SSE - 25 mi. The Tableland grass still grazed down almost to zero.
E. of Chongon the land NW gentle so clearly prazant but no wood, Small cotlitch trees along dry creek beds. An occasional windmill (489 mi).
Morella (level: the cup of tea + the next pie or sandwich), all grass virtually gone; 3 carloads of sheep attached to this train.
"Main Roads" doing good work on this winter-longrock highway = culvert bridges re. Inhabitants say they work much too slow.
450? miles, Increase in the number of trees (Payne sta.)
Latitude modules: 45°4½, Many trees (all sorts) then cut for fence posts.
450- More Mitchell grass fodder. Derothania again. But plant a short way N. Descending.
Large water hole at 447. County was gullied for N-S. Darr. Plant your seed word with the aforeaid permanent water, but feel all used up.
E. of Pan-Cai, Sandy. Some seen already there.
442½ Cow Creek at 450°33'. Crossed. Complete change from grass country to Winters. Low 85 ridge to N.-? 50-100 ft. (5 miles away).
Just before reaching Longrock crossed two water filled channels of the Thompson River, Not flowing but way extras lid within holes (three mains. Long Rock) Trapped by this (4ft wide) tufts of a fern stand shut resemble like our Kerria, but different. These could well make smaller streams. The intricacy of the Thompson river just except for channels with a crape family, white. It looks as though in flood times it filled up completely.
Longrock much more picturesque and the limits. Plot of flowering shrubs. A big with Town field.
Part of the stream.
County Pro back to eaten-up condition - Mitchell
Guess all why 4-5 are old die.