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During our journey towards this mountain, we had con- 

 ceived it to be Mount Warning, allowing some considerable 

 error to have occurred in laying down the geographical posi- 

 tion of the latter, and not seeing any high land to the east- 

 ward of it; but having ascertained its true situation to-day, we 

 named it Mount Lindsay, in honour of Col. Lindsay of the 

 39th Regt- The view from this mountain is peculiarly grand : 

 northward lies the vale of the Brisbane River, bounded in 

 that direction by distant chains of lofty mountains, the out- 

 lines of whose peaks we could scarcely discriminate. To the 

 north-west, the Dividing Range of the Interior Waters, with 

 its lateral hills projecting into the plain, appear to great 

 advantage, as well as Mount French, and the lovely plains 

 in its immediate vicinity. To the north-east is Flinders 

 Peak, with Moreton Bay and Island, and the Glass Houses, 

 bearing nortli-east, half east. Eastward rises Mount Warn- 

 ing, distant about twenty-five miles, (with Its lateral ranges,) 

 appearing at least 3000 feet lower than Mount Lindsay, and 

 in the same direction lie several extensive tracts of per- 

 fectly open country. A magnificent district extends to the 

 southward, exhibiting many wide and partially cleared plains, 

 stretching as far as the eye can behold. To the west, the 

 ground is high and rugged. I could perceive, south of me, 

 the meandering of a stream, (the Richmond River, so called 

 by the Hon. Capt. Rous,) which Capt. Logan surveyed from 

 his loftier position, without any obstruction, and reports it to 

 be a river of considerable magnitude. Mount Hooker, wtn 

 its pigeon-house shaped summit, forms a striking feature i^ 

 the landscape to the south-east, while Mount Clanmorris 

 and Lloyd's Hills, on the north-west, add greatly to the 

 interest of the country in the opposite direction. 



On the north-west shoulder of Mount Lindsay, there is aij 

 extraordinary projecting precipitous rock, which was name 

 Blantyre Head. 



At four o'clock we were joined by Capt. Logan, who had 

 encountered much risk and difficulty, and we regai"'' 

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