

Section Z. 



LITERATURE AND FINE AR 



President of the Sectiox : 

 PROFESSOR E. E. MORRIS, M.A. 



J.— AMONG THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS OF 

 TASMANIA. 



B!/ W. C. PIGUENIT. 



(Plates.) 



There are no portions of Tasmania of which so little is 

 known as the wild rngged region lying to the west and south 

 west of the extreme limits of settlement in the Lake Country, 

 nor are there any parts presenting such totally different 

 features both in regard to form and colour. The great 

 obstacle that has always presented itself to the examination 

 of this interesting country has been its extreme difficulty of 

 access. Lofty and rugged mountain ranges, deep ravines, 

 great valleys, more or less precipitous, and covered for the 

 greater part with dense forests and almost impenetrable 

 scrubs, and rapid rivers liable to frequent and sudden floods, 

 are among the chief difficulties which beset the explorer in 

 his researches, requiring him to possess not only stoutness of 

 heart and limb, but also those other necessary qualifications 

 which go to make up what is technically known as a " good 

 bushman." 



No one with whom I have been acquainted possessed 

 those qualities in a more eminent degree than my lamented 

 friend the late Mr. James Raid Scott, who in past years con- 

 contributed very largely to our knowledge of the physical 

 geography of the country referred to, and to whom I owed 

 many valued opportunities of placing within my portfolio 

 sketches of the grand scenery which meets the eye on every 

 side. 



It is from these sketches that the illustrations I have now 

 the honor of submitting to you for your inspection have been 

 made, and in the selection of them I have kept in view, as far 

 as possible, those most typical of its mounttiins, lakes, anc| 

 valleys. 



