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prompted us during a short stay at Fyans Creek to give up this 

 plan, and to follow the stream to " Glen Bower," the residence of 

 the Misses Dalton. 



We arrived there about three p.m., and tried to explore the 

 neighbourhood of this charmingly situated place in Nature's soli- 

 tude. Unfortunately heavy showers soon put an end to our work, 

 and so we had to return to " Glen Bower," where we stayed for 

 the night. By so doing we were saved the long journey back to 

 our original starting-place, as on the following day, the third and 

 last day of our stay in the "garden of Victoria," we proposed to 

 visit the "Goat Rock." The evening was spent over the identifica- 

 tion of the specimens (mostly seed) collected during the day, 

 when Mr. Williamson's splendid knowledge of the Victorian flora 

 was an invaluable help to the rest of the party. 



We made an early start on Thursday, 27 th December, as we 

 had a long walk before us. Getting away at four a.m., we walked 

 along a spur which leads to Sanderson's sawmill, now closed 

 down. There the "billy" was boiled, and a hasty breakfast taken, 

 all in the space of half an hour. 



Continuing our walk along a jinker track, we collected splendid 

 specimens of Aster myrsinoldes and Pimelea curviflora, and on 

 reaching the south end of the " Goat Rock " our attention was at 

 once attracted by bushes of Bossicea cinerea, van rosmarhiifoUa. 



At this point the vegetation alters its appearance almost 

 abruptly, the Eucalyptus taking a stunted habit, just as it may be 

 observed at the tree-line in our Alps. Careful searches were 

 made for flowering specimens of Pultemea rosea, but all our 

 efforts were in vain. Springtime had passed in this locality, and 

 we were only able to obtain seed specimens of this shrub. 

 However, we were compensated for our trouble by obtaining 

 most beautiful flowering specimens of Conosjiermum mitchellii, 

 Leptospernmm lanigerum, var. grandiflorum, which occurs all 

 over the rock ; Boronia pilosa, B. polygalifolia, Correa lawren- 

 ciana, CandoUea sobolifera, and seed specimens of Eucalyptus 

 alpinus. 



The view from the top of the "Goat Rock," which we reached 

 about eleven o'clock, was indeed sublime. Beneath us, towards 

 the east and north, lay the fertile valley of the Little Wimniera, 

 showing afar off the basin of Lake Lonsdale, situated in the 

 transition of the mountains to the wide plains of the Mallee. To 

 the right lay Mt. William, 3,827 feet, the highest point in this 

 part of Victoria, in clear and bold outline, his light green forests 

 making a magnificent contrast to the deep azure of the distant 

 horizon. Turning back, the pleased eye ranged for miles over a 

 varied scene of beauty through the Victoria valley, the elevations 

 forming the same ending many miles off in a chain of distant 

 mountains. 



