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56 . Government House, Sydney, June 10th, 1815, from which I make the following extracts. Page 177. “ Three miles westward of “ the Yale of Chvydd, Messrs. Blaxland, “ Wentworth, and Lawson had formerly “ terminated their excursion,” and again on the same page, “ In commemor a tio n of their merits, three beau- “ tiful high hills, joining each other at ‘ ‘ the end of their tour at this place, have “ received their names in the following “ order, viz., Mount Blaxland, Went- “ worth’s Sugarloaf, and Lawson’s “ Sugarloaf.” I think this speaks so conclusively that further comment appears to be unnecessary. S. T. Leigh & Co., Ltd., Printers. Sydney.
(B rit.M as.M .S.8958) ! t j [ b h ,h k j Letter to Sir Joseph. Banks from Gregory Blaxland under date "Brnah Farm” .Nov. 10.18.1 6 . S ir , From some conversation I have had with Mr Vickery,surgeon o f the "E lizabeth " tran sport,I fin d that the business o f our having passed the mountains and opened the in te rio r o f the country,has been either misrepresented,or has not "been fu lly explained in England. "As i t was hy your recommendation that I was sent out to s e ttle in the co lo n y .it may be pleasing to you to hear how far by ny exertions I have been able to remunerate the B ritish Government for the expense incurred in my f i r s t establishment,which I always considered myself bound to attempt the f i r s t opportunity that might o ffe r . "The onject o f attempting a passage over the Western or Blue Mountains I always considered in a favorable point o f view, and about two years and a h a lf before I set out on the expedition in which we succeed e d ,! went,with three European servants,two n atives, and one horse to carry provisions and n ecessaries,to explore the back o f the low pasture,in which I could travel with ease by keeping a t the heads o f the runs o f water which emptied themselves into some river in the in te r io r -to the westward a3 I suppdsed-but at the same time I found m yself turning evidently every day to the coast eastw ard,directly contrary to the course I wished to proceed. I had a man in th is expedition taken ill,w h o died on h is return. I did not know i t , but afterwards ffrund he was unwell when he set o u t.I was by th is accident forced to return back many days sooner than I had f i r s t intended,although I had,for a day or two before I did return,considered i t impossib le to penetrate the in terio r from the low pasture, either with horses or c a t t le . "Some time a fter which expedition I went up the Western River with a party as fa r as we could get
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