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breadalbane plains. 
On the 17th we struck the tents, and, crossing the chain 
of ponds near which they had been pitched, entered a forest 
track, that gave place to barren stony ridges of quartz for- 
mation. These continued for six or seven miles, in the 
direction of Breadalbane Plains, upon which we were obliged 
to stop, as we should have had some difficulty in procuring 
either water or food, within any moderate distance beyond 
them. The water, indeed, that we were obliged to content 
ourselves with was by no means good. Breadalbane Plains 
are of inconsiderable extent, and are surrounded by ridges, 
the appearance of which is not very promising. Large white 
masses of quartz rock lie scattered over them, amongst trees 
of stunted growth. Mr. Redall’s farm was visible at the 
further extremity of the plains from that by which we had 
entered them. It would appear that these plains are con- 
nected with Goulburn Plains by a narrow valley, that was 
too wet for the drays to have traversed. 
Doctor Gibson had kindly accompanied us to Breadal- 
bane Plains. On the morning of the 18th he returned to 
Tyranna, and we pursued our journey, keeping mostly on 
a W. S. W. course. From the barren hills over which we 
passed, on leaving the plains, we descended upon an undu- 
lating country, and found a change of rock, as well as of 
vegetation, upon it. Granite and porphyry constituted its 
base. An open forest, on which the eucalyptus manni- 
fera alone prevailed , lay on either side of us, and although 
the soil was coarse, and partook in a great measure of the 
decomposition of the rock it covered, there was no defici- 
