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we sought information from the Government officials and 
the local authorities respecting the character and capa¬ 
bilities of the country. 
Having made all necessary arrangements for our ride 
over the mountains, we left Bairnsdale at 3 o’clock on 
the 2nd February, and arrived at Tambo at 6 p.m. 
Our horses were in good condition, and we determined 
to make rather long journeys, in order that engagements 
entered into before we left Melbourne might be fulfilled. 
We started from Tambo at 7 a.m., and passing through 
a district rich in soils and vegetation, reached Noeyang at 
11.45 a.m. Some parts of the country from Noeyang to 
Ensay are all that a settler could desire, and much of it 
presents the appearance of being auriferous. 
We arrived at Ensay at 6 p.m. on the 3rd February, 
and left at 7.30 a.m. on the 4th February, reaching Bindi 
on the same day at 1 o’clock p.m. At this point the 
party divided—two following the course of the Tambo 
for the purpose of making geological observations—and 
the rest taking the ordinary track to Omeo Station. 
We arrived at Omeo Station at 7 p.m. on the 4tli 
February, and left at G a.m. on the 5th February, reach¬ 
ing the township of Omeo at 10.45 a.m. We inspected 
some of the gold-workings in this highly- interesting 
locality, and received much valuable information from the 
President of the Shire Council, the Secretary of the shire, 
and others, respecting the methods of mining for gold 
as practised at Omeo. We remained for a short time 
at the Dry Hill claim, for the purpose of seeing mining 
operations as there conducted by the proprietor, Mr. 
Fitzgerald. 
All the way from Omeo to the Victoria Piiver (Pars- 
low’s Inn) the country is very interesting, and in many 
