Title

Plate 10: Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania.

Author

Author not identified

Source

[Not applicable]

Publication date

1868

Type

About the work

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

Plate 10: Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania.

Journeying across the island of Tasmania by the admirable road which connects its northern with its southern capital, the visitor keeps Ben Lomond in view, on one side, for two or three hours;

And by the vision splendid

Is on his way attended.

It looks like the bold escarpment of a massive and craggy headland, facing a tempestuous sea, rather than a mountain chain which has its feet bathed in verdure, and looks down upon a scene of fertility and repose, such as reminds the traveller, fresh from the mother country, of some of the landscapes in the midland counties of England. The forest in the middle distance borrows its name from an old English chace — that of Epping; and the seats of some of the wealthy settlers in the neighborhood will vie, both in the hospitality they offer, and the elegant comforts they command, with the country houses “at home”. The loftiest of the granitic peaks shown in the engraving are not less than 4000 feet high, and the range, of which they form a part, is the boldest and the most striking on the eastern side of the island.

Accompanying text, 1868.

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