BY HON. A. NORTON, M.L.C. 101 
would not count. It is really the Dawes Range, which 
separates the waters of the Kolan River from those of Baffle 
Creek. The first station North of Toweran, on the main 
northern road, is Warro, which for many years was occupied 
by my old friend, F. A. Blackman ; about 28 miles westward 
from it 1s Molangool. In 1860, Dr. Bingman occupied it, 
but a little later W. H. Gaden, who had been in partnership 
with “ Long” Ramsay, in Canoona, when the rush to that 
locality took place, succeeded the doctor. Thornhill, opposite 
to Warro, was about the same time occupied by Buchanan, 
who soon afterwards made way for Mr. James Glennie. 
North of this came three blocks of unoccupied country, 
belonging to Drs. Walter and Henry Brown; they were 
named Silex, Hex, and Goschen. Not very long afterwards, 
these were bought by Robertson Brothers, of Baffle Creek, 
and they exchanged them with Cox and Blomfield, of 
Miriam Vale, which adjoined them on the North, for a piece 
of country on Baffle Creek, between Miriam Vale and Taunton. 
Mullett and I did not get to Miriam Vale on this occasion ; we 
travelled eight or ten miles along the road from Warro towards 
Gladstone ; then turned to the left, and following what was 
known as Living’s track, crossed a range, which was 
decidedly rough, and dropped down on to the Boyne River 
at EKubobo. At this place, the brothers Living had sheep 
for a time, and George Living contrived to drive a bullock 
dray across by the track, which ever afterwards bore his 
name; or at any rate so long as it could be distinguished 
as a track. From Eubobo, we followed the Boyne down to 
Milton, where Mullett lived as manager ; two roads to Glad- 
stone were then in use, one by Riverstone, Sir Maurice (then 
Captain) O’Connell’s station, on the Boyne, the other by 
Barmundoo, where for a time, A. H. Brown (the British Lion) 
resided, thence by East Stowe, owned by old Robert Bell. 
This road I took. Had we followed the direct road from 
Warro, we should have passed Miriam Vale head station, 
and then through Rodd’s Bay, as yet unoccupied and which 
IT had just bought, crossing the Boyne sixteen miles from 
Gladstone, where that river is tidal. The distance I had 
travelled between Brisbane and Gladstone was about 350 
miles. As soon as possible after arrriving at the latter place, 
I started out about 29 miles to the spot 1 had chosen on 
