234 MOUNT LOFTY AND ITS ENVIRONS. 
upon them were of more than ordinary size. The view to 
the eastward was shut out by. other ranges, parallel to 
those on which they were ; below them to the westward, 
the same pleasing kind of country that flanked the inlet 
still continued. 
In the course of the day they passed round the head of 
a deep ravine, whose smooth and grassy sides presented a 
beautiful appearance. The party stood 600 feet above the 
bed of a small rivulet that occupied the bottom of the 
ravine. In some places huge blocks of granite interrupted 
its course, in others the waters had worn the rock smooth. 
The polish of these rocks was quite beautiful, and the veins 
of red and white quartz which traversed them, looked like 
mosaic work. They did not gain the top of Mount Lofty, 
but slept a few miles beyond the ravine. In the morning 
they continued their journey, and, crossing Mount Lofty, 
descended northerly, to a point from which the range bent 
away a little to the N. N. E., and then terminated. The 
view from this point was much more extensive than that 
from Mount Lofty itself. They overlooked a great part of 
the gulf, and could distinctly see the mountains at the head 
of it to the N. N. W. To the N. W. there was a consider- 
able indentation in the coast, which had escaped Captain 
Barker’s notice when examining it. A mountain, very simi- 
lar to Mount Lofty, bore due east of them, and appeared to 
be the termination of its range. They were separated by a 
valley of about ten miles in width, the appearance of which 
was not favourable. Mr. Kent states to me, that Capt. Bar- 
