McILWRAITH AND MACROSSAN RANGES 717 



13 10' to 13 12' 30". Valley Hills, Meston Range. 



13 12' 30" to 13 if 30*. Eve Peak, Adam Range. 



13 if 30" to 33 22'. Howard Range, Hangklip Peak, Table 

 Alt., Horn Hill. 



13 22' to 13 29'. The name " Macrossan Range," originally 

 given to the whole range, is restricted to this portion, and Cone 

 and Plant Peaks appear at its northern and southern extremities. 



13 29' to 13 38'. Embley Range, Round Mt., Hobbs Hill, etc. 



The depiction of the whole Macrossan Range, as it appears on 

 the chart, is an admirable piece of sketching, and the various peaks, 

 ranges and mounts have, no doubt, been located by triangulation. 

 If these points are correctly located (which I do not question), 

 they are to be welcomed as useful additions to the map. There 

 is, however, no justification for paring down the Macrossan Range, 

 which had appeared as such on official land and geological maps 

 up to the date of the Admiralty survey. For this reason, the 

 original name of " Macrossan " is restored to the whole of the range 

 on the map accompanying this volume, and the other so-called 

 " RANGES " are REDUCED to the status of " HEIGHTS." 



The range must obviously have been sketched by the marine 

 surveyors from the east, and therefore even its most conspicuous 

 eminences would be hard to identify by observers approaching, 

 like Dickie, Dick and Sheffield, from the west. 



On iqth July, Dickie's party travelled south for a distance 

 which Dick estimated at 10 miles probably an over-estimate, 

 crossing nine creeks running eastward to the Lockhart (CAMP 30). 

 Next day they covered an (over- ?) estimated distance of 8 miles, 

 presumably south, and camped (CAMP 31) with NED JAMES, who, 

 with three black boys and twenty-five horses, were packing sandal- 

 wood for H. Giblet. 



On 2ist July, 8 (estimated) miles to the south were accom- 

 plished through scrubby country, with the untimbered PLAINS 

 seen by me in 1880 on the east (CAMP 32). This camp was on 

 what Dick called " DR. JACK CREEK." 



On 22nd July, the MC!LWRAITH RANGE was skirted for an 

 estimated distance of 6 miles, through scrub and long grass, very 

 trying, says Dick, to the horses and to the temper of the men. 

 CAMP 33 was probably on SURPRISE CREEK. 



Small progress was made on 23^ July, owing to difficulties 

 with scrub and long grass. CAMP 34 was near the Mcllwraith 

 Range. 



On 2$th July, the previous day (Sunday) having been employed 

 in burning grass, etc., a progress of, say, 4 miles was made eastward 

 to the bank of the LOCKHART RIVER (CAMP 35), CHERRY CREEK 

 having been crossed near Camp 34. Dick's sketch-map shows 

 ' Dr. Jack," " Surprise " and " Cherry Creeks " running north- 

 easterly from the Mcllwraith Range into the Lockhart River. 



