Physiography of Western Portion Croajingolong. 87 

 The Ranges and Mountains. 



The main features of tlie mountain sj^steni is indicated Ly 

 the courses of the piincip;d streams. The principal water- 

 shed line is the coast range intersecting tlie northern portion 

 of the county in ati easterly direction and lateral ridges 

 running southerly t'^wards the coast from this main water- 

 shed line. The highest points on the coast range are Mount 

 Bowen at the head of Mountain Creek, Mount Gooiimurk, 

 4300ft., at the head of the Bemm. and Mount Tennyson on 

 the Colony boundary towards the head of the Caim river. 



The most prominent peak in the countv is perhaps 

 Mount Ellery, on the r-idge dividing the Broadrilib and 

 Bemm. Viewed from the coast, the southward extension of 

 this watershed line, the McCulloch Ranges are next in 

 importance, while near the coast, on the ridge dividing the 

 Broadribb and Cabbage-tree Creek, I'ises a rounded peak, 

 Monnt Raymond. The highest point on the divide between 

 the Bemm and the Cann is ))erhaps Mount Bengow (near the 

 Coast Range), while towards the south, nearer the coast, 

 Mount Cann is a ])rominent landmark. On the eastern 

 watershed of the Cann, Mount Kate stands high above the 

 surrounding ranges. 



The higher points on the north of the Coast Range — Mount 

 Goolinbabylon, between tl)e B(»nang and Delegate Rivers ; 

 Mount Delegate, between the Beudi>c and Delegate Rivers : 

 and Mount Tingiringy, near the Colony boundary, between 

 the Jinoallala and Mount Richie Creek. 



M ETEOROLOGY. 



In looking at these mountains as a whole, and after 

 examining the character of their rocky structure, viz., hard 

 silicious I'ocks, quartzites, and indurated slates, granites, 

 &c., the conviction is forced on the observer that tiiey are 

 formed by sub-aerial denudation, having longest resisted the 

 degrading influences of the rain, frost, and snow, while the 

 surrounding softer materials have been removed. 



The difference in the amount of excavation exhibited by 

 the south-flowing streams and those flowing northerly may, 

 I think, be ascribed to gi-eater precipitation of rainfaii <>n the 

 southern slopes, the combined influence of the south-we^t and 

 south-easterly moisture-laden winds, an extension of the 



