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Geology and Physical Geography: 
Arnaud ; Mount Bolton ; from Elphiustone, through Ravenswood, 
to Tarrangower ; eastward of Ballarat; Futters Ranges, near 
Wangaratta ' Eldorado to Beechworlh ; Myrtleford to Yackan- 
dandah ; Murray River, eastward of Mitta Mitta River ; the 
Buffalo Ranges ; The Brothers, near Lake Oineo ; Tambo River; 
Swift’s Creek ; Dargoand Mitchell Rivers ; Snowy River, Mount 
Ellery, Genoa River, Ram Head, IIowo Hill, Gabo Island, Tam- 
boon Inlet, Point Everard, the Bogong Mountains, and a small 
outcrop in the head of a branch of the Avon, in Gippsland ; 
besides a number of minor occurrences, which will be found* 
indicated upon the Geological Sketch-map. 
Physical Character and Vegetation of Granitic Areas. 
The physical aspect presented by the granitic areas is usually 
of a rugged character, except whore, in the less elevated tracts, the 
outlines have been softened by denuding influences. In the higher 
mountains, the weathering of the softer portions of the granite has 
left, jutting from the soil, immense baro portions of the harder rock, 
upon which great egg-shaped masses frequently rest on end, and 
appear as though a touch would overturn them. (Figs. 1 and 2.) 
The Wilson’s Promontory mountains abound in such “tors,” 
which are generally characteristic of granite country in this and 
other parts of the world. 
The granitic areas in Victoria, as a rule, are covered with an 
inferior soil for either agricultural or pastoral purposes, and 
support only small or medium-sized timber; but in some localities 
where the conditions are favorable and the climate humid, they 
sustain a gigantic forest growth, with an almost impenetrable 
scrub of smaller vegetation. 
Fio. 1 .— Granite Ton, Sheep Station Creek, Beech worth. 
