summits of Barn Bluff, the Cradle, and many other moun 

 tains. 



' It is difficult, without the aid of colour, to 'show to its full 

 extent the marked change in the features of the mountains 

 of the Lake Country, where the greenstone is the prevailing 

 formation, when contrasted with those ranges lying further 

 to the south-west, such as the Arthur, and the mountains in 

 the neighbourhood of Lake Pedder, where the crystalline 

 rocks with their striking outlines and varied dehcate tints take 

 the place of the dark massive-looking greenstone, represented 

 by such mountains as Mounts Olympus and King William, 

 and the' Eldon and other ranges ; but an examination and 

 comparison of the illustrations of the Murchison Valley and ; 

 Arthur Kanges wi&f I think, make this change sufficiently 

 clear. -*• 



I should strongly recommend the tourist who does not 

 object to a little mountain climbing, when in the neighbour- 

 hood qf the King William Range, to ascend the first peak 

 of that range. , If care is taken in avoiding the thick scrub 

 which clothes the base of the mountain, by selecting the 

 ridge or spur on its eastern flank, the ascent is not difficult. 

 Upon gaining the summit a magnificent view will reward him j 

 for his labour— for he stands in the midst of a vast panorama ^ 

 emb|acing almost the whole of the Western Highlands. i 



Looking over this grand landscape he will see an apparently ; 

 endlels succession of deep valleys and ravines^^all densely i 

 wooded, and range after range of rugged mountains, all more ^ 

 or less precipitous. Many of these valleys, such as the \ 

 Lodd^n for instance, are clothed with the densest growth of 

 myrtl^ forest I have ever seen, imparting a beaiwtifully soft ■ 

 velvety green to the landscape. Numerous lakes dot the 4 

 burftipe of the country, while gleams of alternate sunshine h 

 and shadow flitting across it give to it a variety and charm of 1 

 great^' beauty ; at one time bringing some mountain peak 

 into "bold relief and imparting to it, if belonging to the ^ 

 crystalline order of rock formation, the appearance of being ^ 

 snow-clad, while others plunged in shadow are lost in the deep \ 

 purplish blue of the distance ; the whole making up a scene, 

 wild it is true, but of such variety of outHne and of such , 

 wealth of colour as to make the Western Highlands one 

 of the most charming of the many beautiful landscapes to be 

 found in Tasmania. ; 



