130 J. H. MAIDEN AND R. H. CAMBAGE. 



On the top of Mount Blaxland we collected Eucalyptus 

 pulvigera and haemastoma, Acacia verniciflua, Brachyloma 

 daphnoides, Dodoncea attenuata, Grevillea tritemata, 

 Stypandra glauca, Eriostemon myoporoides, and Helichry- 

 sum bracteatum. The remarkable Eucalyptus pulvigera, 

 discovered and named by Cunningham, and existing in very 

 few localities, as far as known, is a feature of the hills 

 named. The easiest way to reach Mount Blaxland is by 

 train to Bowenfels, and then drive (five miles). 



Clarence's Hilly Range.— We now ascend '" a range of 

 hills of difficult and fatiguing ascent, which the Governor 

 has named Clarence's Hilly Range." Clarence's Hilly 

 Range does not occupy much atteution in Cunningham's 

 Journal ; this is accounted for by his references to the 

 arduousness of the journey, such as " very severe and 

 oppressive to our horses, the whole being sharp, lofty hills, 

 and narrow boggy valleys alternately," and the comparative 

 monotony of the vegetation. 



As far as Mount York, the road is familiar to many people 

 (parts of it, at least), for the way over the Blue Mountains 

 follows a ridge, and one cannot get very far off the road. 

 But we have walked over every foot of it and have traced 

 the various deviations of the road necessary in a century's 

 development. But when we come to Cox's River, the 

 modern Bathurst road is very different to that of the old 

 track which Allan Cunningham followed over " Clarence's 

 Hilly Range." The modern road goes to the right by a 

 scientifically graded path; the old track is a dangerous 

 road, in parts, with practically no settlement upon it, and 

 it can only be found by close attention to the Parish Map, 

 accompanied by technical knowledge. The best way to get 

 on to the track is to make Rydal the temporary head- 

 quarters, then drive along the Hampton road for 8 miles. 

 On the left hand side is a gate opposite marked tree, broad 



