[Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia by Ludwig Leichhardt]@TWC D-Link bookJournal of an Overland Expedition in Australia CHAPTER V 6/47
About a mile and a-half north from the camp we came to an isolated peak, which I ascended, and from its summit enjoyed the finest view of the Peak Range I had yet seen.
I attempted to sketch it in its whole extent, and gave to its most remarkable peaks separate names.
A long flat-topped mountain I called "Lord's Table Range," after E.Lord, Esq., of Moreton Bay; and a sharp needle-like rock, which bore west-by-north, received the name of "Fletcher's Awl," after Mr.John Fletcher, whose kind contribution towards my expedition had not a little cheered me in my undertaking. Towards the east and north-east, a flat country extended, in which the smoke of several fires of the natives was seen, and, in the distance, several blue ranges were distinguished.
To the northward, the country was very mountainous, and in the north-west, at a short distance, Phillips's Mountain reared its head.
Many shallow valleys, at present of an earth-brown colour, led down from the range.
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