For the information of readers not familiar with the topography of the moun- 
tains and some other districts named, it may be well to say that — 
Mount Hay, Mount Tomah, and Mount King George are prominent basalt- 
capped hills, which may be seen in the distance from Mount Victoria and 
Katoomba. 
The Canoblas is a mountain of andesitic basalt, and an ancient volcano, about 
seven miles from Orange, and about one hundred and ninety miles west from 
Sydney. 
Mount Victoria is seventy-seven miles from Sydney on the main Western line. 
A line of coaches runs from here to the Jenolan Oaves daily. 
Molong is a town on a branch of the W astern railway line, two. hundred and 
sixteen miles from Sydney. 
