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ascended to summit (6,414 feet). Neumaycr's heights were, 

 of course, all barometrical. Feathertop (his Hotham) is now 

 given as 6,303 feet. They then descended the ridge to the 

 junction of the Feathertop Creek with the Ovens — a descent 

 of nearly 4,500 feet, which was done in two hours. Thence to 

 Bright, and on to Yackandandah, reaching Belvoir (Wodonga) 

 at II a.m. on 6th December. Went at once to police station 

 to see if waggon was safe, and to ask if any news of Edward, 

 but could hear nothing of him. Sat down to dinner, and had 

 hardly done so when the lost man made his appearance. It 

 appears that when he missed his way on Kosciusko he got into 

 the valley of the Thredbo River, thence to Kiandra, and worked 

 his way to Albury, where he arrived on the same morning that 

 we reached Belvoir (Wodonga) — " a strange coincidence when 

 we consider that we both had travelled upwards of 300 miles, 

 in quite different directions, since parting on Kosciusko." He 

 returned to Melbourne by way of Chiltern, Ruthcrglen, Wah- 

 gunyah, Cobram, Caddandra, Shepparton, Rochester, Picca- 

 ninny Creek, Bullock Creek, Serpentine Inn, Sandhurst, Castle- 

 maine, and Gisborne. 



Trip VII. — From 22nd to 31st January, 1863. 



Left Melbourne on 22nd January for Schnapper Point 

 (Mornington), thence to Dromana. Ascended Arthur's Seat 

 (1,016), and on to Cape Schanck, arriving at noon on 25th. 

 Thence to Mr. Barker's station, Stony Creek, and Sandy Point, 

 on Western Port Bay. Went by boat across to Tortoise Head, 

 on French Island. Returned to Sandy Point. Returned to 

 Melbourne via Cranbourne. He remarks : — " When passing 

 McKaye's farm I could not resist the temptation of paying 

 a flying visit to the spot from which, twelve months ago, we 

 removed the famous meteorite. The place now looks very 

 deserted, a simple water-hole alone marking the memorable 

 spot." Reached Melbourne on the 31st. 



Trip VIII.— From 9th March to i6th April, 1863. 



This journey being principally through mountainous country, 

 he took only horses, leaving Melbourne for Oueenstown on the 

 ()th March, 1863, where he arrived via Eltham and Kangaroo 

 (iround the next day. Thence he crossed over One Tree Hill 

 (1,014 feet) and reached New Chum Creek (now Healesville) the 

 next afternoon. Here he determined to ascend Mount Juliet 

 in order to test the value of a guide he had engaged to take 

 him across the Dividing Range. The native name of Mount 

 Juliet was given to him as Tingolargen. After getting off the 

 track for some time, and having to camp out for the night, he 

 eventually reached the top (3,574 feet), where a heavy thunder- 



