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country through which it passes, that it must be one of the prin- 
cipal causes of the floods which have been occasionally felt on the 
low banks of the river Hawkesbury, into which the Nepean dis- 
charges itself. The vale of Clwyd, from the base of Mount York, 
extends six miles in a westerly direction, and has its termination 
at Cox’s River. Westward of this river the country again be- 
comes hilly, but is generally open forest land, and very good 
pasturage. 
«¢ Three miles to the westward of the Vale of Clwyd, Messrs. 
Blaxland, Wentworth, and Lawson had formerly terminated their 
excursion ; and when the various difficulties are considered which 
they had to contend with, especially until they had effected the 
descent from Mount York, to which place they were obliged to 
pass through a thick brush-wood, where they were under the 
necessity of cutting a passage for their baggage-horses, the se- 
verity of which labour had seriously affected their healths, their 
patient endurance of such fatigue cannot fail to excite much 
surprise and admiration.—In commemoration of their merits, 
three beautiful high hills joining each other at the end of their 
tour at this place, have received their names in the following 
order; viz. — Mount Blaxland, . Wentworth’s Sugar Loaf, 
and Lawson’s Sugar Loaf. A range of very lofty hills and 
narrow valleys alternately form the tract of country from Cox’s 
River, for a distance of 16 miles, until the Fish River is arrived 
at; and the stage between these rivers is consequently very se- 
vere and oppressive on the cattle. To this range the governor 
gave the name of Clarence-Hilly Range. 
** Proceeding from the Fish River, and at a short distance 
from it, a very singular and beautiful mountain attracts the at- 
tention, its summit being crowned with a large and very extra- 
ordinary-looking rock, nearly circular in form, which gives to © 
the whole very much the appearance of a hill fort, such as are 
frequent in India.—To this lofty hill Mr. Evans, who was the first _ 
European discoverer, gave the name of Mount Evans. Passing 
on from hence the country continues hilly, but affords good 
pasturage, gradually improving to Sidmouth Valley, which is 
distant from the pass of the Fish River eight miles. The land 
here is level, and the first met with unencumbered with timber: 
it is not of very considerable extent, but abounds with a great 
variety of herbs and plants, such as would probably highly in- 
terest and gratify the scientific botanist.—This beautiful little 
valley runs north-west and south-east, between hills of easy 
ascent, thinly covered with timber.—Leaving Sidmouth Valley, 
the country becomes again hilly, and in other respects resembles _ 
very much the country to the eastward of the valley for some 
miles. Having reached Campbell River, distant 13 miles from — 
Sidmouth 
