40 YIEW FROM PERIMBUNGAY. [CH. II. 



had proved very distressing to the cattle, I ordered the party 

 to prepare to move oif this morning soon after sunrise ; and 

 while the people were packing up and loading, I again as- 

 cended Perinibungay. The range we had crossed at Turi 

 was near us to the westward, and a conical hill, called 

 " Uriary," in the direction of Turi, was the most prominent 

 feature to the south-west. The Peel continued its course 

 westward, passing through this range, which presented a 

 more defined and elevated outline, where it continued beyond 

 the river. Thehighest summits there, were " Periguaguey," 

 bearing west by south, and " Waroga." " Turial," a hill 

 still more remote, bore west-north-west ; and between it and 

 Waroga appeared an opening, which I judged, therefore, 

 to be the best direction for our route, after crossing the 

 Peel, for I saw that it was impossible to pass to the westward 

 of that range at any part nearer the river ; but by that 

 opening we could pursue the further course of the Peel, as 

 the nature of the country permitted. The land immediately 

 beyond the Peel, was inviting enough ; one green hill arose 

 from a level country which lay between the river and the 

 base of these hills. The waters of the Peel, and the shady 

 trees overhanging its banks, were visible for several miles ; 

 and the varying outlines of wood, tinted with the delicate 

 lights, around which the deep grey shadows of early morning 

 were still slumbering, contrasted finely with the rugged 

 rocks of the hill on which I stood, already sharpened by 

 the first rays of the rising sun. This hill consisted of trap- 

 rock. The passage between it and the river was not very 

 safe for the carts, so that we made a detour on leaving the 

 camp, and did not again see the Peel until we arrived near 

 the ford of Wallanburra, distant from Perinibungay 4;| miles. 

 The bed of the river was here broad and gravelly ; and the 

 banks on each side wore low, qualities most essential to a 

 good ford, but by no means common on the Peel. Two 

 emus, tlic first we had seen on this journey, were drinking 

 on the opposite side, as wc a})proached the ford, but they 



