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ROM ELIZABETH CREEK onwards, Hann recognised the same formation as that prevailing on the Barcoo in fact the ROLLING DOWNS OR LOWER CRETACEOUS, although he did not know it by either of these names. A large collection of FOSSILS was made by Taylor and Hann, and these were afterwards determined by Mr. Robert Etheridge, of the British Museum. Mr. Robert Etheridge, Junior, gives an account of them in Jack & Etheridge's Geology and Paleontology of Queensland, p. 393. Hann appreciated the RICH LAND of this district, which he described as " as fine a piece of pastoral country as any I have seen in Queensland," and he estimated that there were at least 500 square miles of it. As a matter of fact, the good country extended much further than Hann could see, and the whole region between his Camp 10 and the Mitchell is now held as squatting runs.

Hann made his CAMP 14 the base from which he made EXCURSIONS to determine the RELATIONS OF THE WALSH AND LYND TO THE MITCHELL, in which he was perfectly successful. Accompanied by Warner and Jerry, he rode DOWN the left bank of the MITCHELL to the south-west, and in 8 miles saw the junction of that river with the WALSH. He gives the latitude as 16 24' 39" S., the actual latitude, according to the 4-mile map, being about 16 31' 30". The "Diary" shows that the observation made must have been