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modelled themselves into a similarity to some familiar 40
object.
After the inspection was over I ran up to
Inspiration Point, a spot a-bout 1500 feet above the
Caves House, where the view is like drink of very old
wine. Then I jogged down in the cool of the evening,
while the rock wallabys, rabbits, and laughing jackasses
jumped out of my way or scolded harshly from the treetops.
There was little else to do in the evening but
eat supper, read and go to bed. This time it was
Almayer's Folly.
Saturday, August 27th. (Jenolan Caves). About
the same sort of schedule today as yesterday. The
climate up here is exceedingly invigorating and I was
inspired to do some work that I never would have dreamed
of doing before I left Sydney.
In the afternoon I joined the inspection to
the Right Imperial Cave, which has the reputation of
being the one that has the most dainty embroidery work
less the vastness of all the other caves. This I fancied
the most and consider it the most interesting, in looking
back, of all. In the Right Imperial is to be found the
Gem of the West, The Walled City, The Poultry Shop, The
Shop of the Dressed Meats, The Goose that Laid the Golden
Egg, The Crystal Grotto, the Archbishop, and other
attractions locally renowned in the region; seeing which
the guide, who was a tall, handsome Scotchman, proved to
be of great entertainment in making observations of both
a scientific and facetious nature.