To the eastward the country was, as I have described it, hilly.

Westward at a quarter of a mile the low range, through which Depot Creek forces itself, shut out from our view the extensive plains on which it rises.

This range extended longitudinally nearly north and south, but was nowhere more than a mile and a half in breadth.

The geological formation of the range was slate, traversed by veins of quartz, its interstices being filled with magnesian limestone.

Steep precipices and broken rugged gullies alternated on either side of this creek, and in its bed there were large slabs of beautiful slate.