Nov. 9, 1857.] BETWEEN MOUNT SERLE AND LAKE TORRENS. 
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Charlie, and Wallace — the latter situated in front of the Pound and 
at the head of the Mndla-pina Gap, through which the Frome collects 
its various sources and winds its sinuous way to the north-north- 
west, until lost amid the chaos of hills skirting the western plains. 
To the west and north-west the scene is of a more open character, 
the dry bed of Lake Torrens being dimly visible, and the plain 
horizon extending from Mount North-west to 12° east of north, 
where it is broken by Mount Eose, rendering it difficult to define 
the northern hills, among which the most peculiar only are clearly 
discernible. Mounts Deception, Scott, and North-west are easily 
distinguished, likewise a serrated range of considerable elevation 
beyond the bed of Lake Torrens. 
The Mount Thomas Eange, distant about 30 miles from Mount 
Serle, is visible to the north-north-east, over the low lands between 
Mount Eose and Arcoona Bluff. 
Generally speaking, the scenery is too extensive to be easily 
described ; and it is only by attending to particular portions that 
satisfactory views can be obtained. I saw sufficient to convince me, 
however, that no difficulty existed to prevent the successful prosecu- 
tion of the survey ; and as the base-line had been measured, and the 
triangulation fairly commenced by the 26th of May, it only remained 
for me to ascertain the nature of the country and probable extent of 
the survey beyond Mount Serle to complete the duty upon which I 
was engaged. 
As I am not aware that the road between Pichi-richi and Mount 
Serle has been previously described, it may not be out of place to 
give a brief sketch of the country through which it passes, prior to 
mentioning that to the north of Mount Serle. 
Proceeding northward from the Saltia through the pass, in the 
direction of Balcarrie — the head station of the Messrs. Eagless — the 
only objects of interest are the Devil’s Peak and Dutchman’s Stern, 
called by the blacks Ngowinyie and Yoorkakadnia. Ngowinyie is 
situated to the east of the pass, and is the most southern of a series 
of hills, differing materially in character from the general formation 
of Flinders Eange, and to which I shall again refer when speaking 
of the ranges forming the various pounds. Its appearance is pecu- 
liarly striking and attractive ; although the late storms have detached 
large portions of the peaks, from which it obtains the name given to 
it by the whites. 
Yoorkakadnia is the name given by the blacks to that portion of 
Flinders Eange immediately to the west of the pass— -from the par- 
ticular appearance of the rocks of which it is composed, kadnia being 
the native name for rock or stone. The Dutchman’s Stern, how- 
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