1G4 MAJOR Mitchell’s report, 
of these plains below the junction of Connadilly, — which I 
take to be York’s River, of Oxley, 
“ The stream is well known to the natives by the name 
Nammoy j and six miles below Tangulda, the low extremi- 
ties from the surrounding ranges close on the river, and se- 
parate this extensive vale from the unexplored country 
which extends beyond to an horizon which is unbroken 
between W, N, W, and N, N, W, 
“ The impracticable appearance of the mountains to the 
northward, induced me to proceed thus far to the west ; and on 
examining the country thirty miles N.E, by N. from Tangulda, 
I ascended a lofty range extending westward from the coast 
chain, and on which the perpendicular sides of masses of 
trachyte (a volcanic rock) were opposed to my further pro- 
gress even with horses : it was therefore evident that the 
river supposed to rise about the latitude of 28“ wo\ild not be 
accessible, or at least available to the Colony, in that direc- 
tion, and that in the event of the discovery of a river beyond 
that range flowing to the northern or north-western shores, 
it would become of importance to ascertain whether it was 
joined by the Nammoy, the head of this river being so ac- 
cessible that I have brought my heavily laden drays to 
where it is navigable for boats, my present encampment 
being on its banks six miles below Tangulda, From this 
station I can perceive the western termination of the Tra- 
chytic range, and I am now about to explore the country 
between it and the Nammoy, and the further course of this 
river ; and in the event of its continuance in a favourable 
