I.ATE ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, ESQ. 239 



Dot reach Bathurst until the 14tli. In crossint; the Blue 

 Mountains, Mr Cunningham saw a pile of stones that hore 

 the name of Calet/s repulse, from the circumstance of its 

 being the farthest point that indefatigable and persevering 

 botanist reached in his endeavours to cross the mountains to 

 the westward. After passing Mount York, the character of 

 the country and its botany changed in a remarkable manner, 

 plants that had only previously been found in Van Dieman's 

 Land, were discovered on the bleak faces of the mountains, 

 and new features of vegetation covered the whole scene ; 

 neither Banksia serrata, or Lambertia Jbrmosa, were found 

 beyond the mountains, Banksia compar taking the place of 

 the former plant, Daviesia latifolia, and Acacia mdanoxylon, 

 (Van Dieman's Land plants), becoming very common, as 

 also that beautiful shrub Grevillia acanthifolia, and many 

 others then for the first time enriching the vasculum of the 

 fortunate collector. The party remained at Bathurst till 

 the 20th, on which day they started for the depot on the 

 Lachlan, from whence they were to commence on untrodden 

 ground. On the 25th, they arrived at the depot that had 

 been established on the banks of the Lachlan, for the use of 

 the expedition, and where two boats had been built for the 

 conveyance oftheir provisions on the survey of the river. 

 Here Mr Cunningham met with the late Mr Charles Fraser, 

 so well known for his indefatigable industry in collecting 

 plants and seeds ; he was attached to the expedition for the 

 purpose of making collections for Lord Bathurst. 



For the details of this interesting but toilsome journey, 

 the reader is referred to Mr Oxley's work,* in which the 

 results of the expedition, the sufferings of the party from scar- 

 city of water, and the disappointments they experienced, are 

 given at length. It is merely necessary to mention here that 

 the expedition descended the river, which very soon showed 

 signs of approaching a termination; and on the 12th May, 



• Journals of two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, 

 by John Oxley, Surveyor-general of the Territory, and Lieutenant, R.N., 

 ■tto, 1820. 



