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32 Byng behind. A classical association coming in his mind, he called the mountain Macedon, after the country of King Phillip, and ex changed the name of Byng for that of Alexander, the conquering son of the Greek King of Macedon. But the major was not the discoverer of Mount Macedon ; it had been seen by Hume in 1824. Little did he dream among his lofty imaginings on the top of that hill, that the very meridional rocks over which he had passed, and the whole country, north, east, and west of him, would reveal in future years a golden glory, that would indeed make his Australia Felix the envy of nations ! Pushing on with increasing haste across the Goulburn, October 8th, he gained the Ovens in a week, and named the craggy Mount Aber deen. Two days brought him to the Murray, and on the 25th he arrived at his depot on the Murrumbidgee, the third day after the exhaustion of his provisions. A pleasing incident occurred on the route. One day the party fell in with a native women, who had lost the track of her tribe. She advanced, carrying upon her shoulders a beautiful little girl, that through an accident had broken a limb. The worthy major showed much kindness to the lost one, and tended her suffering child. Piper learned her story; she was a widow. The introduction of another lady caused great uneasiness to the conjugal affection of Piper’s gin, who feared the effect of the widow’s enchant ment upon her husband. Turandarey saw the jealousy, and, like a prudent, virtuous woman, withdrew; she left her pretty Ballandella for the time with Mr. Mitchell. Subsequently she returned, and accompanied the expedition. When, however, she came within the attractive circle of Joey, King of the Murrumbidgee, she was in great perplexity between love for the black, and gratitude towards the white. The major soon read the tale, and told her that he was quite agreeable to her becoming the spouse of Joey, if she would only let him have the child. She cried bitterly over the little one. She had faith in the leader’s promise to take Ballandella to his home, and to bring her up as a daughter among his own children ; and then she thought of her swathy lover. So, kissing the girl, and sobbing loudly, she took the hand of her Joey, and walked to his wilderness home. In a subsequent work, Sir Thomas expressed his anxiety about finding a suitable husband for the daughter of Turandarey. In North Australia he met with little Dick, whose amiable qualities marked him out as a suitable companion. History does not inform us of the sequel of this inter resting arrangement. Great things were done for Piper, the Bathurst
