of roughly 100 miles, when King Sound is reached, are a 

 series of sandy, scrubby undulations and grassy plains. To the 

 east of the King Leopold Ranges, looking from Mount Broome, 

 the country in configuration consists of ranges and table- 

 lands, with undulations, and extensive plains intervening, be- 

 sides isolated mountains Avhicli rise above the surrounding country 

 like islands from an ocean. The whole are intersected by numerous 

 watercourses which, duiing the wet season, carry huge volumes of 

 water, and always contain large permanent pools, or are running in 

 part throvighout the whole year. The elevations are faced by fre- 

 quently unscalable cliffs of 50 to above 500 feet in height, whilst 

 the rivers do not unifortnly follow the base of the ranges, but in- 

 stead often cut clean through them, forming wildly picturesque 

 and precipitous gorges The following are some examples: — 



