I leave no mark here more than cutting trees.

On one situated in an angle of the river on a wet creek bearing north I have deeply carved EVANS, 1st JUNE, 1815."* *[Footnote.] This tree, a tall and sturdy gum, flourished for over ninety years, and when in its prime was, unfortunately, owing to the spread of agricultural settlement, inadvertently ring-barked and killed.

It must have been a fine tree when marked by the explorer, and though dead it is still standing at the date of the publication of this book.

In 1906, the shield of wood bearing the inscription, was cut off by Mr.James Marsh, of Marshdale, and is now preserved in the Australian Museum in Sydney, New South Wales.

It is the oldest marked-tree in the whole of Australasia.
On the next morning Evans ascended the hill he alluded to, and from the summit enjoyed a most extended view of the surrounding country, which he compared to a view of the ocean.