,S7« JOSEPH BANKS. 
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Mr. Cayley* * * § as the extreme limit of his tour. Hence the Governor gave this part 
of the mountain the name of Cayley’s Re[)ul.se. To have penetratefl even so far 
was an effort of no small difficulty. 
(The erroneous name “ Caley’s Repulse ” was retained for over 
eighty years.) 
Let us now turn back for a little while. 
Blaxland'l' says, under date 18th May, 1813; — 
The follow'ing clay was si)ent in cutting a passage through the brushwood, for a 
mile and a half further. They returned to their camp at five o’clock, very much 
tired and dispirited. The ridge, which was not more than fifteen or twenty yards 
wide, with deep precipices on each side, was rendered almost impassable by a 
|)crpendicular mass of rock, nearly IlO feet high, extending across the whole breadth, 
with the exception of a small broken rugged track in the centre. Bj' removing 
a few large stones, they were enabled to pass. 
On Wednesday, the 19th, the party moved forward along this path ; bearing 
cliiefly west, and west-south-we.st. They now began to ascend the second ridge 
of the mountains, and from this elevation they obtained for the first time an 
extensive view of the settlements below, ilount BanksJ bore north-west ; Grose 
Head, north-east; Prospect Hill, east by south; the Seven Hills, east-north-east; 
Windsor, north-east by east. At a little distance from the spot at which they 
began the ascent, they found a pyramidical heap of stones, the work, evidently, 
of some European, one side of which the natives had opened, ])robably in the 
expectation of finding some treasure deposited in it. This pile they concluded 
to be the one erected by Mr. Bass, to mark the end of his journey. That gentle- 
man attempted, some time ago, to jiass the mountains, and to penetrate into 
the interior; but having got thus far, he gave up the undertaking as impracticable; 
reporting, on his return, that it was impossible to find a passage even for a person 
on foot. Here, therefore, the party had the satisfaction of believing that they 
had penetrated as far as any European had been before them. 
Lawson,§ under date 19th May, of the same year, says: — 
At half-past nine o’clock, struck our tents and proceeded W.S.W. W. J, 
W. by S. f. Here is a very narrow pass not more than 15 yards over, with steep, 
rocky gullys on each side. Ascended a high mountain, W. 1, N.W. f ; Mount 
Banks) bore N.W. ; Grose Head, N.E. ; Prospect Hill, E. by S. ; Seven Hills, 
E.N.E. ; Windsor, \.E. by E. From this mountain we bad a beautiful view 
of the whole of tlie settlement. Here we found a large heap of stones piled up. 
Xo doubt it was done by Doctor Bass, some years ago, as he went in this direction, 
and did pile a heap of stones at the end of his journey. 
(The bearings and distances are in fractions of miles.) 
* Governor Macquarie follows Governor King in this erroneous spelling of Caley's name, 
t Blaxlanci, Lawson, and Wentworth set out to cross the Blue Mountains, which they successfully 
a complished for the first time. Gregory Blaxland’s work is entitled A Journal of a Tour of 
Disco'^ery across the Blue Mountains in Xew South Wales, in the year 1H13.” 
X Nota bene. 
§ Communicated hy Mr. F. M. Bhden. 
