200 MITTAGONG RANGE. 



which the dulness of many of the wild parts of 

 the country is too apt to produce. 



Numerous small farms, with fields of grain, 

 pasturage land, abounding in cattle, horses, and 

 sheep ; neatly fenced paddocks, (for hedges are 

 unknown,) continued more or less from this, 

 which is called the settlement, to the township of 

 " Bong, Bong," a distance of five or six miles. 

 At one of the farms we passed, the overseer did 

 not appear to have yet received much benefit 

 from the " march of intellect ; " for on a board 

 the following notice appeared : — No Thorrofaer 

 Hear. 



Arriving at the Argyle Inn, in the township 

 of " Bong, Bong," we thence proceeded, after 

 remaining sufficient time to refresh ourselves 

 and horses, intending to continue the night at 

 " Mittagong," ten miles further on. The 

 weather was fine, but sultry ; roads dusty, 

 scenery dull and uninteresting, until descending 

 to the valley in which the " Kangaroo or Cutter's 

 Inn" is situated, (after ascending the Mitta- 

 gong range,) it was an agreeable change to be- 

 hold a prospect of cleared and cultivated land, 

 surrounded by dense forests, and ranges of densely- 

 wooded hills in the distance. There was a quan- 

 tity of land under cultivation for grain, pasturage, 

 &c., animated by herds of cattle and flocks of 



