274 RETURN FROM TttJg MOUNTAIN, 



two thousand feet from its base, and upwards of 

 thrvr tlioiisaml f<>('t aljovc tliu Icvd of tin- >p'd. 

 The quantity of nM)tlis which may be colh^cted 

 from one of the granite grouijs, it is calculated 

 wmM w^mttt to at least fire ot six l)nshels. 

 T})e hirgest specimen I ohtaincd mcasuretl seven- 

 eighths of an inch with the wings ch)Sed, th<^ 

 leugtli of tlic oily Itody being five-eightlis of an 

 inch, and of proportionate circumference; the 

 expanded! n^h^ measured one imk and tbfeii 

 quarters across; tlie ro]our <>r the ^lags- 4ark 

 brown, with two lilack ocelhiliMi spots upon the 

 upper ones ; the body filled with yellow oil, 

 and covered with down.* 



Teturaed hf tmxlf the mmi& toute we 

 came : the descent was however iiuich M(St^ 

 tedious than tlio ascent ; lint after slipping over 

 stones, stumldiug over innumerable logs that 

 strewed the path, and u few other triHiug mis- 

 liaps, we fejoked mt hsm^, mi ^red at tke 

 station In the evening. 



* Wlien the natives about the Murrunibidgee riv er hearil, 

 on myretunifc lhat I hed visited tluB "Biigong Mmmfa?n»" 

 tUvy expressed |fire$t delight, and wished to sn' \\\kii I hud 

 collected. (M ih&Vfisog l3iem tJte few insects I had, tliey 

 Tdcognized lihein m&tan%t "but I thought there was a feeling 

 of disap|)ointment at their curiosity nuly, not appetitf^S^bciiig 

 gratified by my little entomologici^t collection* 



