484 DR. BARKER. 



Crown Lands at Melbourne, had kindly furnished 

 me, to the different settlers in the neighbourhood, 

 requesting them to afford me every assistance in 

 my contemplated visit to Cape Shanck, for the pur- 

 pose of determining its position. One of them was 

 addressed to a gentleman residing close to the Cape, 

 Dr. Barker, to whom it was forwarded, and who 

 returned with the messenger to welcome me to his 

 station, and in the most liberal manner placed 

 at my disposal, his horses and his services. Early 

 the following morning, a well mounted party of us 

 started for Arthur's Seat. I wished to get a few 

 angles from its summit, and to shew to Captain 

 Bunbury, R.N., Superintendent of Water Police at 

 Melbourne, the banks at the eastern entrance 

 of the South Channel, Dr. Barker had brought 

 his dogs over with him, to shew us some sport 

 on our way to Cape Shanck. They formed quite 

 a pack ; and among them were two blood-hounds 

 of a celebrated Duke's breed at home. Their deep 

 rich notes as they wound round the foot of Arthur's 

 Seat, after a kangaroo, were quite cheering to the 

 heart ; but the ground was too hilly for the fast 

 dogs, and too dry for the scent to lie. 



I was disappointed in not seeing Port Western 

 from Arthur's Seat, which had one of those unsa- 

 tisfactory woody summits, of which it is difficult 

 exactly to ascertain the highest part. We passed a 

 spring of water near the south-eastern foot, and in 

 a level beyond were some large lagoons. 



Our course was now bent t)wards Cape Shanck, 



