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"
Evidently
,
"
replied
Ayrton
.
"
Take
my
horse
,
Mulrady
,
"
added
Glenarvan
.
"
I
will
join
Lady
Helena
in
the
wagon
.
"
Mulrady
obeyed
,
and
the
little
party
continued
their
fatiguing
ascent
,
leaving
the
carcass
of
the
dead
animal
to
the
ravens
.
The
Australian
Alps
are
of
no
great
thickness
,
and
the
base
is
not
more
than
eight
miles
wide
.
Consequently
if
the
pass
chosen
by
Ayrton
came
out
on
the
eastern
side
,
they
might
hope
to
get
over
the
high
barrier
within
forty-eight
hours
more
.
The
difficulty
of
the
route
would
then
be
surmounted
,
and
they
would
only
have
to
get
to
the
sea
.
During
the
18th
the
travelers
reached
the
top-most
point
of
the
pass
,
about
2,000
feet
high
.
They
found
themselves
on
an
open
plateau
,
with
nothing
to
intercept
the
view
.
Toward
the
north
the
quiet
waters
of
Lake
Omco
,
all
alive
with
aquatic
birds
,
and
beyond
this
lay
the
vast
plains
of
the
Murray
.
To
the
south
were
the
wide
spreading
plains
of
Gippsland
,
with
its
abundant
gold-fields
and
tall
forests
.
There
nature
was
still
mistress
of
the
products
and
water
,
and
great
trees
where
the
woodman
's
ax
was
as
yet
unknown
,
and
the
squatters
,
then
five
in
number
,
could
not
struggle
against
her
.
It
seemed
as
if
this
chain
of
the
Alps
separated
two
different
countries
,
one
of
which
had
retained
its
primitive
wildness
.
The
sun
went
down
,
and
a
few
solitary
rays
piercing
the
rosy
clouds
,
lighted
up
the
Murray
district
,
leaving
Gippsland
in
deep
shadow
,
as
if
night
had
suddenly
fallen
on
the
whole
region
.
The
contrast
was
presented
very
vividly
to
the
spectators
placed
between
these
two
countries
so
divided
,
and
some
emotion
filled
the
minds
of
the
travelers
,
as
they
contemplated
the
almost
unknown
district
they
were
about
to
traverse
right
to
the
frontiers
of
Victoria
.
They
camped
on
the
plateau
that
night
,
and
next
day
the
descent
commenced
.
It
was
tolerably
rapid
.
A
hailstorm
of
extreme
violence
assailed
the
travelers
,
and
obliged
them
to
seek
a
shelter
among
the
rocks
.
It
was
not
hail-stones
,
but
regular
lumps
of
ice
,
as
large
as
one
's
hand
,
which
fell
from
the
stormy
clouds
.
A
waterspout
could
not
have
come
down
with
more
violence
,
and
sundry
big
bruises
warned
Paganel
and
Robert
to
retreat
.
The
wagon
was
riddled
in
several
places
,
and
few
coverings
would
have
held
out
against
those
sharp
icicles
,
some
of
which
had
fastened
themselves
into
the
trunks
of
the
trees
.
It
was
impossible
to
go
on
till
this
tremendous
shower
was
over
,
unless
the
travelers
wished
to
be
stoned
.
It
lasted
about
an
hour
,
and
then
the
march
commenced
anew
over
slanting
rocks
still
slippery
after
the
hail
.
Toward
evening
the
wagon
,
very
much
shaken
and
disjointed
in
several
parts
,
but
still
standing
firm
on
its
wooden
disks
,
came
down
the
last
slopes
of
the
Alps
,
among
great
isolated
pines
.
The
passage
ended
in
the
plains
of
Gippsland
.
The
chain
of
the
Alps
was
safely
passed
,
and
the
usual
arrangements
were
made
for
the
nightly
encampment
.
On
the
21st
,
at
daybreak
,
the
journey
was
resumed
with
an
ardor
which
never
relaxed
.
Everyone
was
eager
to
reach
the
goal
--
that
is
to
say
the
Pacific
Ocean
--
at
that
part
where
the
wreck
of
the
Britannia
had
occurred
.
Nothing
could
be
done
in
the
lonely
wilds
of
Gippsland
,
and
Ayrton
urged
Lord
Glenarvan
to
send
orders
at
once
for
the
Duncan
to
repair
to
the
coast
,
in
order
to
have
at
hand
all
means
of
research
.
He
thought
it
would
certainly
be
advisable
to
take
advantage
of
the
Lucknow
route
to
Melbourne
.
If
they
waited
it
would
be
difficult
to
find
any
way
of
direct
communication
with
the
capital
.
