On Monday (September 26), we left Tyn-Tyndyer,[22] the station of a Mr. Beveridge, who is the owner of 11,000 sheep, 2,000 or 3,000 head of cattle, and what he calls a “mob” of horses, or about 100. The only thing remarkable about his run, which was some fifty miles in extent, appeared to me to be his garden, the aspect of which, adorned with some willows, introduced on the river by himself, was particularly refreshing to our eyes, fatigued as they had been with the endless monotony of the sombre foliage of the gum tree. Shortly after leaving Tyn-Tyndyer, we rejoined the _Eureka_, which was lying very snugly in a pretty bend of the river, a few miles lower down, and adjacent to the run of a Mr. Coghill. The next morning, taking her in tow, the _Lady Augusta_ proceeded down the stream for the purpose of ascending the Wakool, there to take in 220 bales of wool; a process, by effecting which, instead of waiting on the Murray, much time would be saved. The navigation towards the junction was most intricate, and so continued throughout nearly the whole day. All the _Eureka’s_ starboard rails were carried away, and continued stoppages, whether owing to the current, the sharpness of the bends, or defective steering, detained us for some hours. However, if the improvement of the navigation of the river be seriously taken up by the three Governments, many of the obstacles now experienced will be removed. During the last week we have passed several points where a little labour, concentrated in cutting fresh channels, would cause a saving of many miles’ distance, and, moreover, obviate the angles which at present it is so difficult to navigate, at least, with anything like speed. The Wakool is a most navigable river,[23] not so broad, indeed, as the Murray, being scarcely ninety yards wide, but deep and without current, and singularly free from “snags,” or overhanging branches. We passed Turora, Messrs. Grierson’s station, on the Tuesday evening, and the next morning the public house and ferry, kept by Mr. Talbot; the soundings gave four and a-half fathoms and “no bottom.” Very shortly afterwards, Poon Boon, or Westmeath, the station of the Royal Australian Bank, appeared in sight; and here, awaiting our arrival we found the wool, consisting of 220 bales, averaging 200 lbs. the bale. This, the first fruit of the river, and the first cargo of the _Lady Augusta_, was received with all due ceremony, the first bale being hoisted up with one of the crew to the mast-head of the _Eureka_, where “three times three” was given in its honour. Some bottles of champagne, and “Success to the commerce of the Murray,” followed in the cabin; and in the evening a dance, at the head station on shore, terminated the day.