S90 VIEW FROM STATION PEAK. 



crossed a hollow where I noticed some calcareous mat- 

 ter, in which were included shells of recent species, 

 evidently showing that an upheaval had taken place 

 in this part of the continent. We saw on the plain 

 several large bustards resembling a light brown 

 domestic turkey. 



Leaving our horses at the foot of the peak, we 

 ascended it by a sloping ridge on the south-east face. 

 Huge blocks of granite — some poised on a point as 

 if the slightest touch would send them rolling and 

 thundering to the plains below — covered the sides 

 and summits of this and the smaller peak, to the 

 north of which are several others scattered over about 

 a mile of ground. 



On reaching the summit, I hastened to a pile of 

 stones which Captain Flinders had erected to com- 

 memorate his visit ; but, alas, the bottle and paper 

 left by him were gone, and I have not since been 

 able to learn who it was that took away this interest- 

 ing and valuable record. The view commanded all 

 points of the splendid sheet of water called Port 

 Phillip, which stretched away its shining expanse 

 seemingly almost from our very feet ; whilst north- 

 east two long wavy lines of trees showed the course 

 of the Little and Weariby rivers meandering through 

 the plain. 



The natives call this cluster of peaks Ude (great) 

 Youang, and the other W.N.VV. seven miles, Anuke 

 (little) Youang. Another solitary high round hill, 

 fifteen miles further nearly, in the same direction, 

 is called Bununyong. 



