Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1841 , Horatio Wills , on his way to selecting country further south , wrote in his diary , `` like the Ark we rested '' and named a nearby hill Mt Ararat .
Simplified: In 1841 , Horatio Wills , on his way to land further south , wrote in his diary , `` like the Ark we rested '' . He named a nearby hill Mt Ararat .