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SNOW MOUNTAINS. 



o|)en to file soiitlnvard, and was a continued series 

 of {lenscly-woodiMl rang^es, diMi^i'iii^- in tlu^ir dt^- 

 grees of elevation. When standing on these 

 enormous masses of granite^ I tliought some of 

 tie mmt diatdnt mountains, in ^ ^l^^edt ^t^*- 

 tion, apps&ated} SolSie 00y«red and othors stn-akcd 

 with snow: I was correct; for thf Iti-aiitifiil 

 clearness of the weather had atl'orded nu; a view 

 of the *'Snow Mountains," the existence of 

 whicli has been d«mbt«d lay many. Whilst look- 

 ing at them, one of the blacks came near me, 

 and pointing in their direction, infomed me, in 

 Enghsli, it was snow.* 



The Bugong moths, as 1 have before observed, 



tro^, lSti» air h 'crowded' witli a species of butterfly, a 



great many of whirh were taken. It is, doulitless, the samp 

 species as that wliich Captain Cook reniarks us so plentiful 



ut Seisitd» Titft umahm mm us were IttSM 



incredible ; the stem of every gryss tree. ( Xfinthonhfrif.) 

 which plant grows abundantly upon the hills, was covered 

 vnfk thetn i ^ o«i thj^t* V$ir^ ^« ifiv apr^i^ as it 



were, in perfect motion. H |^ Ik new species ; ami \& de- 

 scribed, by my friend Mr. W» S+ Hacleay, under the iiaiiie 

 of JSu^lssts ^OWStttJ* 



* The atmosphere, sultry on the plain below, was cold 

 upon this niountaini alUiough the sun shone brilliantly. I 

 was told, thftt lir^tytitit, irit B«fl«Mflj£sr» (one of isufiimt^t 

 months in the col6iiy») some snow fell; in 9 simll q«!:inilty« 

 at this place. 



