We have had a glimpse of one aspect of Victoria; the port, the city, and the plain. Now let us turn to the mountains. We have seen that the east end of the State is almost filled up by a mass 12 of highland, and we may notice that the railways only touch the outer fringe of this district. It is out of the world and thinly peopled, though much of it is well fitted for cattle. Westward the highland becomes narrower and sends out spurs on either side, leaving the Great Valley on the south, and on the north and north-west a broad plain sloping down to the Murray River. This corresponds somewhat to the slope west of the Divide in New South Wales, but the climate, as we shall see, is not the same. As we leave Melbourne and follow the Yarra up-stream we soon 13 notice a change of scenery. At Warburton, the rail head, we are well within the highlands. The river runs through forests of eucalyptus and fern, and we notice rapids below the primitive 14 bridge. It is evidently a mountain stream. This district is one of the playgrounds of Melbourne, and we stumble on the Christmas 15 camp of the Boy Scouts, who are known in Australia as well as in our own part of the Empire. A few miles away to the north is 16 Healesville. We notice here, as we drive through, that there are some trees which seem to have shed their leaves. Perhaps these 17 are some English trees of which many have been imported, and they find the weather too dry and hot; for close by we find the native forest with trees in full leaf. In spite of the presence of English trees, we may easily recognise the country as Australia by the great gum trees, with their bare trunks, and the thorny acacia growing below. The gums and the tree ferns are everywhere 18 on the hillsides. Even the house and garden, which we see here, have a slightly foreign look, and do not seem adapted for the 19 conditions of an English winter. In fact, there is no winter, as we understand it, in this part of Victoria, though snow may lie for months on the heights of the Alps to the north-east. We must remember that Melbourne lies in nearly the same latitude as Seville. In the hills to the north of Melbourne we find the same scenery, with its abundance of streams and trees. Here is a woodland scene not far from Mount Macedon in this district, where 20 the Governor of Victoria has his summer home. * * * * *