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GOYDER’S REPORT ON THE COUNTRY [Nov. 9, 1857. 
completing our voyage, when a change drove us again to the K., 
and as we were again reduced to three pints of water per day each, 
I thought it prudent to put into King George Sound. Here we 
met the steam-ship Oneida, which had put hack in consequence of 
some damage to her machinery, and learned with pleasure that Mr. 
Gregory and party had arrived safely at Sydney, some of the pas- 
sengers having conversed with members of the expedition. 
On the morning of the 6th of March we left King George Sound, 
and entered Port Jackson on the evening of the 30th. 
T. B. 
The President then directed attention to a series of paintings, from the 
pencil of Mr. Baines, illustrating the natural scenery of the regions visited 
by him. 
The second Paper read was : — 
2. Report on the Country between Mount Serle and Lake Torrens , South 
Australia. By Assistant- Surveyor G. W. Goyder. 
Communicated by the Right Hon. H. Laboijchere, m.p., f.r.g.s., H.M. Secretary 
for the Colonies. 
To the Hon. the Surveyor- General. 
Survey Office, July 8, 1857. 
Sir — I have the honour to report that, after completing, on the 2nd 
of May last, the survey of the road from Saltia Creek to Pichi-richi, 
I proceeded to join the surveyors sent to triangulate the country 
beyond Mount Serle. 
From the summit of Mount Serle, Mount MacKinlay is seen, about 
1 2 miles distant, to the eastward ; its rounded top and pre- 
cipitous sides forming the most prominent feature in the landscape. 
The eastern plains are clearly perceptible beyond its southern fall, 
intercepted by that glittering belt of sand described by Mr. Eyre as 
the eastern wing of Lake Torrens, and which satisfied him of the 
impracticable nature of the country and the existence of an insuper- 
able barrier to his efforts in that direction. 
To the north-east and south-east of Mount Serle, Arcoona Bluff 
and Mount Eowe, which form the termini of the extended base, 
present their bold and rugged outlines to the eye ; while more to 
the south the peaks of Constitution and Exertion Plills appear — 
their undulating spurs extending to the south, behind the southern 
portion of Mount Serle, which effectually shuts out the view in that 
direction. To the south-west the Anglopina Pound range is most 
conspicuous, backed by a variety of picturesque hills — named by 
the settlers the Cockscomb, MacFarlane Hill, Mounts Hack, Stuart, 
