[Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia by Charles Sturt]@TWC D-Link bookTwo Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia CHAPTER VI 25/64
Upon their branches, the satin bird, the gangan, and various kinds of pigeons were feeding.
Birds unknown to the eastward of the Blue Mountains, were numerous in the valleys; and there was an unusual appearance of freshness and moisture in the vegetation. These signs of improvement, however, vanish the moment Mittagong range is crossed, and sand-stone again forms the basis of the country to a considerable distance beyond Bong-bong.
At a small farm called the Ploughed Ground, it is again traversed by a dike of whinstone, and a rich but isolated spot is thus passed over.
With occasional and partial interruption, however, the sand-stone formation continues to an abrupt pass, from which the traveller descends to the county of Argyle.
This pass is extremely abrupt, and is covered with glaucus, the low scrub I have noticed as common to the sand-stone formation.
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