The Victorian naturalist . on of ranges, direction S. — arrivedat Kariwon or Platos plains 20 Milesfrom Mutong. More about Platos plains. Its axis isfrom to , 4 Miles long, 21broad, intersected by a Creek. It isobvious that Snowy River runs behindone of the ranges to the W of the we forded it on the 10th it comesEastward out of Menero, & forms 2 Milesnear Platos a knee or angle, it is verytorturated, & goes then behind the higherranges to Gap Britannia. (Vide infra). The description of the route fits theahgnment of the present road Finister (= Matong), which, after
The Victorian naturalist . on of ranges, direction S. — arrivedat Kariwon or Platos plains 20 Milesfrom Mutong. More about Platos plains. Its axis isfrom to , 4 Miles long, 21broad, intersected by a Creek. It isobvious that Snowy River runs behindone of the ranges to the W of the we forded it on the 10th it comesEastward out of Menero, & forms 2 Milesnear Platos a knee or angle, it is verytorturated, & goes then behind the higherranges to Gap Britannia. (Vide infra). The description of the route fits theahgnment of the present road Finister (= Matong), which, after5 miles, swings to the right. Lhotskysnote that direction was W merelyindicates a westerly trend. The generaldirection of the last several miles tothe Snowy River crossing would havebeen about south-west, and 12 milesis an accurate assessment of the dis-tance from Finister to the Snowy. Theroute would then be about overthe hilly country to the west of Curra-wong Creek (spelt Currawang on November, 1975 239. Fig. 4 Excursion 2 ...Mt. recent maps). The plains are severalsquare miles in area, about the junc-tion of Bossys Creek and CurrawongCreek. The second paragraph, above,was a later insertion to Lhotskys re-draft of his notes. 11 March. From the hut on Platosdirection S., the same direction has aCreek, which has some branches towardsE. After 3 Miles ranges visible to the W,which shelve down very soon. After 7Miles from hut reached Chalmers forest,an escarped Mountain covered with loftytimber. Descending from this, main Alpsvisible to , running from 20 miles distant — at the middleof descent visible Dzilikura in 7Miles distant, 2000 high. W by N lies aplain Ambat — 3 Miles farther in a Sdirection we passed a fine plain called,Dzilikura. Proceeding farther a Pano-rama of mountains — Wakuran ,Dzingiringo — Dzimigulala — between the mountains fine AlpinePlains. Dzilikura especially very luxuria
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