146 , OUR LAKES AND THEIR USES. 
down the steep fall into the Fish River, and quickly expose the bed 
of the Breadalbane plains, and of lake George beyond them. The 
therefore be inferred that, in course of time, these creeks, instead 
of flowing into Lake George, will find their way into rivers flowing 
in contrary directions, leaving deep gravel drifts as the only rem- 
nant of the lake. The eastern portion of the water-shed is much ~ 
more broken than the opposite side, owing to the numerous low 
spurs thrown out from the main range, which divide different creeks 
discharging into the lake. Towards the centre and southern end, 
these spurs have been almost denuded of timber, and consequently 
every heavy storm washes a large quantity of silt into the lake. 
to the Mutbilly Creek, as it traverses a long plain which soaks up 
generally deepest on the eastern shore. Its maximum length . 
21 miles ; its maximum breadth, from the mouth of Kenny's Creek 
to Geary’s Gap, is 7 miles ; and its maximum depth is said to be 
