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From Bairnsdale to Sarsfield, and thence to Tambo, we 
noticed some good country, in places well grassed and 
with good soils. The timber is chiefly stringy-bark, 
white-gum (ordinary Yarra or river gum), and some 
honeysuckle and wattle. The whole of the timber in this 
area is moderately well grown, indicative of soils that 
would repay cultivation. 
From Tambo to Ramrod Creek we noted a prevalence 
of red-gum, apple-tree, stringy-bark, and a few iron-bark 
trees (here misnamed mountain ash). At Ramrod Creek 
there appeared, as well as those named, some peppermint 
and white-gums. 
There are some, small plots under cultivation in the 
valley. 
On the Little Dick Range the timber is chiefly iron- 
bark and stringy-bark, with white-gum in the gullies. 
At Monkey Creek the forest is thick, consisting of iron- 
bark, stringy-bark, white-gum, &c., with a plant wide¬ 
spread, known as native tobacco, the odour of which is 
very unpleasant. Here w r e noticed a beautiful climbing 
plant (Ivennedya rubicunda) which had twisted itself 
around the small saplings. It has a flow r er of a briclc-red 
color. 
On the track from Monkey Creek to Shady Creek we 
saw r large white-gums in the gullies, a species of apple-tree? 
and some stringy-bark, and on the summit a good deal of 
stringy-bark. 
Numerous large wattle-trees appeared in places, with 
a rather dense undergrowth of shrubs, the mint-tree, 
uoeenth-kalk-kalk (Prostantliera lasiautlios), of which, the 
natives make fire-sticks, being conspicuous amongst 
them. We noted here also a golden wattle with a foliage 
that, at a little distance, appeared of a slate color. It 
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