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vegetation, for the raising of stock, the Cubbine poison leasehold is 

 so fertile that most of it is capable of producing excellent crops, to 

 which a great many acres are being devoted. Twenty-live miles 

 east of Cuttening, from Darderring spring to Quoting, cultivation is 

 being successfully done in an extensive forest area of the finest 

 character. From the summit of Qualing rocks a fine view of the 

 country is obtained, and the devious course of the dry bed of the 

 Salt river, growing salt bush here and there, can be seen for miles. 

 There was a great flood in this river in 1872, cutting off the 

 squatters from their out stations, but it has not been running for 

 years. Its bed, which is very broad, is superior pasture land, and it 

 is lined with forests for a depth of from one mile to three or four, 

 comprising a belt of valuable country that ought to be one day the 

 " home of many a thriving settler, when the golden corn shall wave 

 in the breeze, and the fattened sheep recline under the foliage of 

 the shade trees." The country is dotted with granite peaks in all 

 directions. At their base the greenness of the manna trees betoken 

 moisture, and there is no doubt that in this locality abundant water 

 supplies are to be procured in many places. The Salt river is one 

 of the tributaries of the Avon or Swan river. 



From Qualing to Moulien the distance is 15 miles in a westerly 

 direction. For the first mile or two excellent forest is traversed, 

 terminating in sand plain, \vhich leads to Moulien homestead. 

 Nangin hill is in the midst of a heavy forest on the bank of the 

 Salt river. Thence north-east, superior agricultural country, some 

 thousands of acres in extent, is passed through. There is 

 room here for farms, and the country is certainly worth a visit from 

 an intending settler. The whole of the country is parcelled out into 

 pastoral leaseholds, varying in size from 20,000 to 120,000 acres. 

 In order to see the, country to advantage, a trip from Moulien to 

 Toapin, via Dangin and York, is recommended. About 30,000 acres 

 of superior land are embraced in a ride of ten miles, beginning at 

 Moulien. It is probable that an agricultural area will be laid out 

 here. The Wareening hills are good feeding country. A little to 

 the west of these hills is the Lotting spring, in the midst of granite 

 rocks, which are the source of the chief water supply of the east. 

 The Lotting spring is on the eastern boundary of a large salmon 

 gum forest, which extends westerly to the Salt river and northwards 

 to the northern base of mount Stirling. Approaching the Moolyun 

 homestead from Qualing, the homestead is found at the base of one 

 of the huge granite rocks which arc features of the landscape. The 

 creek running through the stock yards is moist even in the hottest 

 summer. The track from Moulien, after traversing the forest 

 already referred to as the probable site of an agricultur.il area, 

 crosses a lakelet known as the Jennebnry pool. For four miles 

 beyond the river the country is very eligible for select ion. Through 

 Bacljellin?, to Toapin, a stretch of good country extends to Dangin, 

 but there are some poison patches in the neighborhood. Round 



