CH. ir.] VIEW FROM TANGULDA, 45 



of Taiigiilda lay due north of our camp, distant about two 

 miles ; and, in the afternoon, I set out on foot to ascend it, 

 accompanied by Mr. White and the carpenter. On ap- 

 proaching its base, the bold rocks near the summit, were 

 reddened by the rays of a sun setting in smoke; while the 

 whole mass of woody hill, below that summit, seemed more 

 imposing, as it overhung a level country, which had no vi- 

 sible horizon. We reached the top at a little after four p. m. 

 by a steep and rocky ascent; and although the atmosphere 

 was dim, the view was very important. I saw the "Nam- 

 moy's" course through a cluster of hills, between which it 

 passed to a lower country in the north-west. These hills w^ere 

 connected, on the right bank, with the pic on which we stood, 

 and with a low range in the east and north-east, whose wes- 

 tern extremities appeared to terminate on the vale of the 

 Nammoy, as far northward as I could then see them in per- 

 spective. The barber had positively stated, that the only 

 practicable way to the "big river*' was north- east by north from 

 Tangulda ; and it now^ appeared, that the lowest part of this 

 range lay exactly in that direction. Some bold and remark- 

 able hills appeared at no great distance to the right of that 

 line ; but the country between Tangulda and the lowest part 

 of that horizon, seemed so level or gently undulating, that 

 I felt it my duty, before I traced the Nammoy further, to 

 explore the country in the direction, so particularly de- 

 scribed by the bushranger. On my return to the camp in 

 the evening, I made a drawing of the eel-fish, which we had 

 caught early in the day. (Fig. 2. pi. 6. page 44.) 



Dec. 18. — We now quitted the line of the Nammoy, and 

 proceeded in the direction north-east by north from Tangulda. 

 We thus continued our route in a straight line up a long valley, 

 until at ten a.m. we reached the crest of the low range pre- 

 viously mentioned. The rock consisted of a calcareous breccia, 

 with water-worn pebbles. The carts had ascended to the 

 crest without difficulty, and the descent to the country beyond 

 was equally favourable. Half-way down, the dogs killed a 



