in tlio vicinity of ihh part of thf country tnilL d 

 tlje " Snutli rrrrk/' tlicrr ;jr(^ itntclics of a Hue 

 red clay soil, w Iiirli has lu'cii ioiiiid very^ pro- 

 ductive when laid out as vineyards. 



On tht following m&mhB^ w left Cl^rdesdale, 

 retraced out patli, came upcm die wrstmi rtKul, 



and, fOiitiiunTio' our joiiniry, pa>>t'd Pt in ilh, and 

 arriv<*d at J^tttn F<>r<f, rlu-r' tt) wlu! Ii a \ cry 

 handsome and w L41-l'uniiblu'([ iiiii has recently 

 been erected. Having croaseid ifee Pord (a part 

 of tlie Jfepean river) iti. afnixit^ we were on the 

 £niu plains. The appeavanre of these fertile 

 plains, situated at the base of the connuenrenieiit 

 of the Bhie Mountain range, was very beautiful. 



Til© wmthfiy h]ad teen aten^f iknd ihowcty^^ buta 

 at Uils iSiise, &e squaE having passed away, the 



sun shone with brightness upon tln' n n-cn fields On 

 and about the Xejit an ri\"er ; and the m-at ]ionse<, 

 scattered profusely ahtmt this channiug- spot, 

 produced a very pleiising l$i;[ld^$l|)e» 



At tihia part of orar ^mtmf, ^ were Joined hy 

 Mr, Edward Cox^ of Mulgoa, wha, ti'stvelling 



partly in the same ilireetion as (nirsrb i -. ]tad 

 a^-reed to accompany us. We ascended Lap- 

 Stone fiill," where tiie road coniineuced over the 

 extensire Blue Mountain tm^e^^ and soon Aft(*i* 



arrived, It^ ^ heavy rain >iptalL at the Pifffr'nt} 

 Tnn, whw we. enjoyed, tVoin the bleakuess ol' 



