BY REV. J. MILNE CURRAN. 799 



a mile to the south, which he found to be higher than the peak 

 pointed out to him as Mt. Kosciusko. Thereupon he names 

 this highest point Mt. Townsend. One of the residents of Monaro, 

 Mr. John Barry, assured me that tourists were usually taken 

 to a 23eak which he was well aware was not Mt. Kosciusko. Dr. 

 Lendenfeld was misled in this way. When speaking of Mt. 

 Kosciusko in this paper, it will be understood that I refer to the 

 peak due south of Lake Albina, and called by Dr. Lendenfeld Mt. 

 Townsend. There is another point about Mr. Helms' map. He 

 speaks of various mountains on the Plateau as Mt. Etheridge, INIt. 

 David, Mt. Tenison-Woods, Mt. Townsend, etc. This I think 

 most undesirable. The whole mountain, as well as the highest 

 point, should be called Mt. Kosciusko, and other eminences of 

 note miglit be called peaks. It would be more satisfactory to 

 speak of the Etheridge Peak, the David Peak, etc., and Mount 

 Kosciusko. 



Coming now to the evidences of glaciation, I first examined the 

 valley of the Crackenback River. Dr. Lendenfeld is very definite 

 in stating that " there was a small glacier at the head of the 

 Crackenback."** Dr. Lendenfeld has not stated that he examined 

 the country at the head of the Crackenback. I have reason to 

 believe that he was never there. But as the statement is so very 

 definite, I expected to find some evidence that the glacier once 

 existed. In order to examine the country thoroughly, I left the 

 beaten track and crossed over from Moonbar to the Mowambar 

 or Moonbar River, and followed that stream by easy stages to its 

 very source. I then crossed the divide to the head of the 

 Crackenback. The rocks consisted entirely of granite in many 

 varieties. No volcanic rocks or dyke rocks were observed. A 

 portion of the valley was extensively turned over in times past 

 by alluvial miners in search of gold. Around the old shafts 

 the alluvial deposits may still be seen, consisting of boulders, 

 shingle, and pebbles of granite, showing little or no signs of 



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