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Gunninghami), many of the trees being splen- 

 did specimens from four to five feet in 

 diameter. There are many beautiful spots in 

 these ranges near the base of Mount Sabine — 

 waterfalls and rapids, with fern trees 50 feet 

 in height. 



Near Loutitt Bay there are clear, cool 

 streams, with pebbly bottoms, coming direct 

 out of high ranges. Mr. Edward Hayes, who 

 carried some of the salmon fry on pack-horses 

 over almost inaccessible country, and liberated 

 them successfully, speaks in higb praise of 

 these streams as being most suitable for 

 salmon. 



The Gippsland rivers are splendid streams, 

 which never fail in the driest seasons. The 

 Avon is one of the best streams flowing into 

 the lakes ; its tributaries are most suitable 

 for fish-spawning, being extremely clear, with 

 a rocky and pebbly bottom. 



The Mitchell, and its principal tributaries, 

 the Dargo, Wentworth, Wonnongatta, and 

 Morocco, take their rise from the great 

 dividing range, and receive the drainage from 

 the melting snows of a watershed having a 

 very large area. 



