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peak and Warrungup. From the southern plains a wide 

 "bay" sweeps inwards to the foot of Toolbrunup, the 

 culminating peak of the western group, and this bay is met 

 by another from the north extending between Yungermere 

 and Warrungup. So completely is the range severed by 

 this pass that the highest point reached by the road is only 

 200 feet above the plains on either side, and the gradients 

 throughout are extremely gradual. 1 Another complete 

 pass runs to the west of the towering mass of Toolbrunup, 

 and emerges near the 30 mile post on the road along the 

 northern flank of the mountains. This is spoken of locally 

 as "Toll's Pass." A wide bay of lowland runs in a south- 

 easterly direction from Yetemerup Spring (twenty-three 

 miles from Oranbrook on the northern road) into Toll's Pass 

 at a point south-west of Toolbrunup. A similar bay of 

 lowland extends in a north-westerly direction from the 

 southern plains towards the Abbey, the two bays being 

 separated by a considerable ridge. 



Of the peaks in the western section of the range only 

 one, Toolbrunup, approaches the altitude of the summits 

 of the eastern mass. This magnificent peak reaches 3341 

 feet, and, rising as it does in solitary grandeur from the 

 almost level plains at its feet, it is one of the most con- 

 spicuous and characteristic features of the entire range. 

 In this western section of the chain the isolation of the 

 principal summits, and the extremely abrupt transition 

 from plains to mountains accentuate the differences of 

 level, and the peaks make the most of their height. After 

 Toolbrunup, Warrungup with a height of 2768 feet, Mon- 

 durup a great hog-backed ridge rising to 2831 feet, Magog, 

 Barnett, and Donelly are the most striking individual peaks 

 of the western section. 



1 On the Lands Department Map No. 445/80, this is called simply "The 

 Pass," but local residents claim that this is a mistake. The pass should 

 be called Chester's Pass, while the route so named on the lithograph 

 should be HasselFs Pass. 



