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We camped on mungy flat just east of Rooka.
Hardly drove away from the place when
three Kiallas put in here apparently from Diamantella.
From two of them we purchased not less than 20
lamb's feet for 27 cents or one shilling.
This morning our cook again found ice in the
bushlets and I saw fresh thin ice in the stream beds.
A small piece of drift wood lies on top of a
camp in the bush.
The day was clear but a little cool.
Aug 17-97 Tuesday, Near Saviarcat
Had breakfast at six. White and I started
got to the basalt which came down to the sea a
little east of Darfayre. This is probably two miles
East of our camping place which we think to be
Rooka Angustulum but which the natives point out
as three miles westward of our camp in the
various ways of the basalt are found but few mussels
in the stream bed but the next one eastward had
an abundance of them. Graded turned himself
down one morning and it resulted in very poor results.
On arriving at camp two natives were waiting for
our visit. Amusement and Tered with bonings.