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scenery of South Australia are worthy of commendation, The hill range of Mount Lofty, skirting the eastern shore of St. Vincent’s Gulf for a distance of seventy miles, is the marked feature of the colony. The drainings of its declivities constitute an eastern and a western series of streams, the former of which comprises the sources of the Hyndmarsh and the Angas ; the latter those of the Para, the Pirie, and the Torrens. Besides these rivers, three of which in many parts of their course degenerate into chains of stagnant ponds, connected by shallow rivulets, there are numerous smaller streams or creeks which arise in the hills. During the hottest months of summer, the western creeks, being exposed to the sun's rays, are usually dried up ; to prevent which, the simple expedient of damming, in order to diminish the evaporating surface, would add considerably to the value of those lands which lie west of the hills. The eastward rivulets, being sheltered by the foliage of large and spreading trees, are less subject to evaporation. In Kangaroo Island, it is found that the few streamlets which run towards the north, being sub ject to the action of the sun’s rays, are dried up in sum mer, whilst those on the southern side flow permanently. The Mount Lofty range contains but little pasturage, but its sloping declivities on either side consist of a very rich detritus, suitable for the production of wheat, maize, vegetables, and fruits. Here, without doubt, it would be possible to cultivate grain and every vegetable production in common use. Eastward of the hills there extends, towards the margin of the Murray, a district of surpassing fertility, but of limited extent, known as the Mount Barker country, the granary of South Australia. This district in its southern