CHAPTER XII 

 THE CAMP FAULT AGAIN LEAD ORE 



THE season proved to be an early one, and we were able 

 to make a start for the upper waters of the Hutton by 

 the middle of March. The weather was still cold but 

 fine and sunny, and the larger of the two launches being 

 fitted with a comfortable cabin rendered us to some 

 extent independent of the weather. 



Having reached the point up to which we had 

 previously explored the river, namely, its junction with 

 East River, we landed and climbed a low hill on the 

 tongue of land between the two streams. From this 

 eminence, which we called Lookout Hill, we were able 

 to obtain a clear view of a number of prominent points 

 in the country to the north and north-east. As the 

 published map did not extend far beyond Lyell we had 

 to make our survey as we went along, and as a pre- 

 liminary to this we took observations with our theodolite 

 on a number of points which we had already visited, 

 such as Brown Hill, the summit of White Mountain, 

 a name which we had given to the high land behind 

 Silurian Lake, a colliery chimney on Coal Hill, and the 

 spire of Lyell Cathedral. 



We then carefully determined the position of Lookout 

 Hill by means of observations made with the theodolite 



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