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 by Marie B. Byles.
-The history of Bouddi Natural Park dates back to 5th May, 1898 when the coastal steamer "Maitland" paddled out of Sydney harbour under the command of Captain Skinner. It was a dark and stormy night. Soon mountainous waves were hurling themselves upon the boat. Outhouses were swept away, and then tons of water began pouring into the engineroom. The fires went out and the ship floundered helplessly on the inky waters. In the driving rain and hurricane even the ruby light of Barranjoey lighthouse was invisible but it would have made no difference even had it been seen.
+The history of Bouddi Natural Park dates back to 5th May, 1898 when the coastal steamer "Maitland" paddled out of Sydney harbour under the command of Captain Skinner. It was a dark and stormy night. Soon mountainous waves were hurling themselves upon the boat. Outhouses were swept away, and then tons of water began pouring into the engineroom. The fires went out and the ship floundered helplessly on the inky waters. In the driving rain and hurricane even the ruby light of Barrenjoey lighthouse was invisible but it would have made no difference even had it been seen.
 The people waited for the inevitable crash when the ship struck the bombora off Bouddi Head. Some were flung overboard, to be seen no more. A few jumped into the sea and reached the shore injured but alive. The rest waited. Several attempts were made to get a line ashore and eventually a man called Russell succeeded. Two by two, passengers and crew were taken to safety. Then the rope broke and three more people perished. Some firemen, the mate, the captain and a baby girl were left behind; one can picture the agony of the mother who had been taken to safety. For another day and a half the captain and the mate tried to comfort the wailing baby and feed her on biscuits and water. On the morning of the second day those on shore got another line across and the mate, with the baby strapped on his back, was followed by the others to safety.
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 ====Faery Lands Forlorn.====
-That is the story of those boilers on Bouddi Headland we used to see through the telescope from our Palm Beach cottage during our happy childhood holidays. The long uninhabited coastline beyond the ruby light of Barranjoey had an increasing fascination for me. Those unknown lands seemed like the 'Faery Lands Forlorn' of Keat's "Ode to a Nightingale" and I wished I were a nightingale and could fly over and explore them.
+That is the story of those boilers on Bouddi Headland we used to see through the telescope from our Palm Beach cottage during our happy childhood holidays. The long uninhabited coastline beyond the ruby light of Barrenjoey had an increasing fascination for me. Those unknown lands seemed like the 'Faery Lands Forlorn' of Keat's "Ode to a Nightingale" and I wished I were a nightingale and could fly over and explore them.
 When I reached years of discretion (or indiscretion our parents might have described them!) I prevailed upon three girl friends to accompany me on an exploration trip to my faery lands forlorn. One of them was Ester Waite who is now a leading spirit in the conservation movement of the Hornsby District. She wore breeks, a garment no girl ever wore in those days, with a gigantic Colts automatic pistol at her hip. We slept on the beach - this was long before the days of Paddy Pallin and tents and sleeping bags - and we had a small difference next day on the best way through that very rough country the Herald reporter had noted between Bouddi and Kincumber. The other two of the party went off on their own, unable to resist the attraction of Bouddi skillion.
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 By Pat Harrison.
-A year has passed away, as all years pass away, with alarums and excursions of all kinds in the world of men, and once again the month of March sees a party of eleven walkers distributed over three cars heading for Batsh Camp in the late hours of a clear Friday night
+A year has passed away, as all years pass away, with alarums and excursions of all kinds in the world of men, and once again the month of March sees a party of eleven walkers distributed over three cars heading for Batsh Camp in the late hours of a clear Friday night.
-We were all there between 12.30 a.m. and 1.0 a.tp. on Saturday morning, to find about five carloads of troggers just arrived. They were, however, wellbehaved troggers and soon we were sound asleep.
-After a leisurely breakfast we got away to a good start just after 8.0 a.mc, the morning being fair and promising, the grass green, the dewdrops hanging from the leves, the black cockatoos squawking joyously, and Bindook Creek brimming with water, across which an improvised bridge was needs thrown.
+We were all there between 12.30 a.m. and 1.0 a.m. on Saturday morning, to find about five carloads of troggers just arrived. They were, however, well-behaved troggers and soon we were sound asleep.
-We followed the usual route to Flannel Flower Pass (see the magazine for May, 1970), and of course 78 all had wet feet after crossing Bent Hook Swamp. When we had got upto the slope below Kooragang Mountain, OUT worthy leader, for some unknown reason, headed east towards Hyanga Mountain, and crossed a gully in his progress, but when he thereafter gave every indication of keeping on that course and crossing a-- second gully, we had to tug on the reins and steer him aTay to the north. Perhaps he was only testing our alertness!
-Flannel Flower Pass is a good place to stop for morning tea. The flannel flowers weren't in bloom, but the country otherwise was a picture after the bounteous summer rains, and the green fields of the old Oolong homestead peeped at us from among the trees near Alum Hill in a most enticing manner.
+After a leisurely breakfast we got away to a good start just after 8.0 a.m., the morning being fair and promising, the grass green, the dewdrops hanging from the leaves, the black cockatoos squawking joyously, and Bindook Creek brimming with water, across which an improvised bridge was needs thrown.
-We were soon down the pass and priming our spark plugs with fizz on the banks of Barralier's Creek. This pure little stream, which even in dry :_sammers carries wvber, is reminiscent of alpine runnels in the way it twists and turns between its grass covered. banks, ir2.terspersing gurgling sections with deep pools transparently clear.
-The primary motive of the walk was to gather quinces at Colong homestead and to carry them on to Yerranderie for dessert; but we ere too late by a couple of weeks and only a few bird pecked fruits were left.	However, the grass was green and clean, Colong Creek had large deep pools of clear water, and between the immersions and the lolling on the grass, a halfhour went quickly by before we moved around Little Rick to Alum Hill
+We followed the usual route to Flannel Flower Pass (see the magazine for May, 1970), and of course we all had wet feet after crossing Bent Hook Swamp. When we had got up to the slope below Kooragang Mountain, our worthy leader, for some unknown reason, headed east towards Myanga Mountain, and crossed a gully in his progress, but when he thereafter gave every indication of keeping on that course and crossing a second gully, we had to tug on the reins and steer him away to the north. Perhaps he was only testing our alertness!
-Page 16	THE SYDNEY BUSH TALICR	April, 1971
-Creek where we boiled the billy and had lunch. The water of Alum Hill Creek, although copious in quantity, was oily in appearance, but it tasted all right when we flavoured it with LanChoo.
+Flannel Flower Pass is a good place to stop for morning tea. The flannel flowers weren't in bloom, but the country otherwise was a picture after the bounteous summer rains, and the green fields of the old Colong homestead peeped at us from among the trees near Alum Hill in a most enticing manner.
-About twenty minutes after lunch, when we had reached Oolong Saddle and h:Ld paused to take in the view of Little Rick on one side and the Tonalli Range with its chasms and gaps on the other, we could_ not only see that a thunderstorm was brewing, but could also hear the rattle of its artillery drawing nearer and by the time we had scrambled up from Mulyang Neck and were on the last lee; to Yerranderie Peak the rain caught up with us.
-When the storm had passed away, it was a grand sight from Yerranderie Peak to look around at the dark and lowering sky and the swirling cloud billows .
+We were soon down the pass and priming our spark plugs with fizz on the banks of Barralier's Creek. This pure little stream, which even in dry summers carries water, is reminiscent of alpine runnels in the way it twists and turns between its grass covered banks, interspersing gurgling sections with deep pools transparently clear.
-"As when from mountaintops the dusky c3ouda
-Ascending, while the north wind sleep, o'erspread Heaven's cheerful face, the louring element
+The primary motive of the walk was to gather quinces at Colong homestead and to carry them on to Yerranderie for dessert; but we were too late by a couple of weeks and only a few bird pecked fruits were left. However, the grass was green and clean, Colong Creek had large deep pools of clear water, and between the immersions and the lolling on the grass, a half hour went quickly by before we moved around Little Rick to Alum Hill Creek where we boiled the billy and had lunch. The water of Alum Hill Creek, although copious in quantity, was oily in appearance, but it tasted all right when we flavoured it with Lan-Choo.
-SOOTas o'er the darkened landscape snow, or shower, If chance the radiant sun, with farewell sweet Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley ring"
-The rain had stabilised the steep and slippery slope leading down to the pass, and not long after 4.0 p.m. we had dumpeOur. packs at the church and were heading for the -later tanks at the
+About twenty minutes after lunch, when we had reached Colong Saddle and had paused to take in the view of Little Rick on one side and the Tonalli Range with its chasms and gaps on the other, we could not only see that a thunderstorm was brewing, but could also hear the rattle of its artillery drawing nearer; and by the time we had scrambled up from Mulyang Neck and were on the last leg to Yerranderie Peak the rain caught up with us.
-Ranger's abode. Fo the benefit of the uninformed, the
-Ranger's d7olling has four beaut water tanks, two white toilets
+When the storm had passed away, it was a grand sight from Yerranderie Peak to look around at the dark and lowering sky and the swirling cloud billows.
-(03 shades of Ye Nameless One who journeyed to Ye BudaiAanzs in
-Ye Days of Olde2), and a shower, all of which comforts were freely available to us on this occasion.
+"As when from mountaintops the dusky clouds\\
-Since we wore here last year the house near the church has been burnt down, and no doubt in the course of time careless campers will burn clown the church itself. Most of us slept in the church, but some stayed out under the wattle trees to catch the reft sunrise over Tonalli Peak.
+Ascending, while the north wind sleep, o'erspread\\
-The apples =e ripe and weathered some before we set out on Sunday morning for an inspection of the Silver Peak Mine, greatly asSisted by the book which Ray Hookway had borrowed for the occasion. From notices nailed to the trees around Yerranderie
+Heaven's cheerful face, the louring element\\
-it seems that the reactivation of mining which seemed imminent a year sgo has been put off and so Yerranderie, aptiztfrom the refurbished Post Office, will continue to rot away. The old
+Scowls o'er the darkened landscape snow, or shower,\\
-houses, made of heavy slabs of ironbark and lined Inning and wail with paper, tug at your heartstrings and bring back poignant memories of similar homes far away from here nor'west by west.
+If chance the radiant sun, with farewell sweet\\
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+Extend his evening beam, the fields revive,\\
-We completed the walk by going on to Colong Caves for lunch and back through Hoorain Gap to the cars in another thunderstorm which
+The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds\\
-arrived punctually at 2.30 p.m.
+Attest their joy, that hill and valley ring"
-The last mile of the road. to Batsh Camp is not the best, and the
-few points of rain had made it like a bed of banana skins, and
+The rain had stabilised the steep and slippery slope leading down to the pass, and not long after 4.0 p.m. we had dumped our packs at the church and were heading for the water tanks at the Ranger's abode. For the benefit of the uninformed, the Ranger's dwelling has four beaut water tanks, two white toilets (O, shades of Ye Nameless One who journeyed to Ye Budawangs in Ye Days of Olde!), and a shower, all of which comforts were freely available to us on this occasion.
-consequently when Jim Vatiliotis put his Torana too close to the
-ditch, there were a few anxious moments before 3-man-power got it out. But everybody was home safely at a reasonable hour.
+Since we were here last year the house near the church has been burnt down, and no doubt in the course of time careless campers will burn down the church itself. Most of us slept in the church, but some stayed out under the wattle trees to catch the red sunrise over Tonalli Peak.
+The apples were ripe and we gathered some before we set out on Sunday morning for an inspection of the Silver Peak Mine, greatly assisted by the book which Ray Hookway had borrowed for the occasion. From notices nailed to the trees around Yerranderie it seems that the re-activation of mining which seemed imminent a year ago has been put off; and so Yerranderie, apart from the refurbished Post Office, will continue to rot away. The old houses, made of heavy slabs of ironbark and lined ceiling and wall with paper, tug at your heartstrings and bring back poignant memories of similar homes far away from here nor'west by west.
+We completed the walk by going on to Colong Caves for lunch and back through Moorain Gap to the cars in another thunderstorm which arrived punctually at 2.30 p.m.
+The last mile of the road to Batsh Camp is not the best, and the few points of rain had made it like a bed of banana skins, and consequently when Jim Vatiliotis put his Torana too close to the ditch, there were a few anxious moments before 3-man-power got it out. But everybody was home safely at a reasonable hour.
+=====Membership Notes.=====
+By Barbara Bruce, Membership Secretary,
 ******************
-MEMBERSHIP NOTES
-by BARBARA BRUCE
+Our first new member for April is Christine Brown, only child of well known and well respected members Kath and Jim Brown. Chris has been walking "since before she was born" (according to her mother) and now mixes walking with some elementary canoeing and studying at a Business College.
-Membership Secretary
-Our first new member for April is Christine Brawn, only child of well known and well respected members Kath and Jim Brown. Chris has been walking "since before she was born" (according to her mother) and now mixes walking with some elementary canoeing and studying
-at a Business College.
 Another new member is Bruce Edds, whose protracted period of Prospective membership has at last come to an end. It appears that a considerable amount of Bruce's time is taken up in University studies and in playing the part of an active Scout Master.
-Next is Evelyn Walker - another English "rambler". Evelyn works at St. Leonards and also contributes much of her spare time to a wortircause - the International Set - which helps new immigrants to settle in Australia.
-When David Peacock applied for membership almost expired on the spot. David - who has already contributed some amusing articles for our magazine - is another Pommie, as we affectionately call him, who has only been in Sydney since last August and has
+Next is Evelyn Walker - another English "rambler". Evelyn works at St. Leonards and also contributes much of her spare time to a worthy cause - the International Set - which helps new immigrants to settle in Australia.
-already lived in a variety of dwelling places. He is now working as a bus conductor in order to get more than just enough money to exist on, so he is unable now to go on a walk-a-weekend as he has done almost constantly since he joined the S.B.W. However, hard- as he insists some of the walks were, he had to scrape to get his
-test walks done in time.	He's made it now, anyway.
+When David Peacock applied for membership I almost expired on the spot. David - who has already contributed some amusing articles for our magazine - is another Pommie, as we affectionately call him, who has only been in Sydney since last August and has already lived in a variety of dwelling places. He is now working as a bus conductor in order to get more than just enough money to exist on, so he is unable now to go on a walk-a-weekend as he has done almost constantly since he joined the S.B.W. However, hard as he insists some of the walks were, he had to scrape to get his test walks done in time. He's made it now, anyway.
--
-Lt but not least is Paul Notholt. Especially when taken in comparison with David, I know virtually nothing about Paul except that he is a school student and is a keen, pleasant and promising young walker.
+Last but not least is Paul Notholt. Especially when taken in comparison with David, I know virtually nothing about Paul except that he is a school student and is a keen, pleasant and promising young walker.
-To our 5 new members for April, then, a big welcome to the S.B.w.s.
-Iv! OUNAI N
+To our 5 new members for April, then, a big welcome to the S.B.W.s.
-Q
-IF YOU ARE ...
+Fourteen new prospectives were signed up during March. Their names are: Mr. Jean Chauvet, Mr. Alan Fall, Miss Nora Freeman, Mr. Laurie McGeechan, Mrs. Sylvia McGeechan, Mr. Mitch Meyer, Miss Jeannette Pennell, Mr. George Porebski, Mr. Richard Saxby, Miss June Tyrrell, Mrs. Linda Wilhelm and Mr. Tom Wilhelm, Miss Barbara Young and Miss Kelly Zeismer.
-BUYING OR HIRING	HIRING OR BUYING
-HIRING OR BUYING	BUYING OR HIRING
+March seemed to bring an influx of Prospectives who have migrated
-GEAR FOR
+from the Northern Hemisphere - from France, from Scotland and several from America.
-WALKING.... CAMPING...... CLIMBING.... CANOEING WALKING.... CAMPING...... CLIOING.... CANOEING
-THINK OF
-MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT
-Pacific Highway
-NORTH SYDNEY
-'Phone	929 - 6504
-for
-FAIRYDOlaV SLEEPING BAGS
-HIGH LOAD PACKS (Weight 3 -1b.10 -Oz.)
-AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED.
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-Fourteen new prospectives-were signed up during March. Their names ares Mr. Jean Chauvet, MT. Alan Fall, Miss Nora Freeman, Mr. Laurie McGoechan, Mrs. Sylvia McGeechan, Mr. Mitch Meyer, Miss Jeannette Pennell, Mr. George Porebski, Mr. Richard Sazby, Miss June Tyrrell, Mrs. Linda Wilhelm and Mr. Tom Wilhelm, Miss Barbara Young and Miss Kelly Zeismer.
-March seemed to bring an influx of Prospectives who have migrated from the Northern Hemisphere  from France, from Scotland and several from America.
 Denise Amaral, Charles Barnes, David Boxall, Gavin and Janet Fox, Alan Fraser, Graeme Hardy, Peter Martin, Stephen Procter, Errol Sheedy and John White should now request extensions as their period as prospective members is nearing its expiry date.
-**#-***************
-FEDERATION NOTES  MARCH =TING
+=====Federation Notes - March Meeting.=====
-By RAY HOOKWAY
+By Ray Hookway.
 The March meeting was held at a new venue  Scots Church, Jamison Street.
-Blue Gum Forest Closure  Advice from the Parks & Wildlife Service and the Superintendent, Blue Mountains Park, confirmed that parts of Blue Gum Forest will soon be closed to camping and walking to permit regeneration of the vegetation. Notices will be erectDd at the areas concerned, and clubs advised by letter before closure.
-Morton National Park  Several letters dealt with the reported closure of access to the Budawang Ranges from the Mongarlowe Road. Australian Softwoods Corporation replied they do not hold leases over the land, and their policy is against closing off access without providing alternatives. The Parks & Wildlife Service has stated that there is a public right of way, and any closure of it is illegal.
-Search & Rescue  There was only one incident in February, when a member of the C.B.C. fell and sustained a fractured ankle while walking in the Wiseman's Ferry area. His rescue was accelerated through the efforts of a local landowner, Mr. Smith, who has been thanked by Federation for his aid.
-Conservation  & Wildlife Exhibition  The Wildlife Preservation Society is to hold a display in the lower Sydney Town Hall between 16th and 22nd August. The theme is to be conservation and wildlife, and the Society is asking for both exhibitors and helpers to man booths, etc. Federation is considering a combined clubs exhibit. Interested members should contact the President of the Society, Mr. Serventy or the Publicity Officer, Mx. Kelvin ward.
-Page	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICR	April, 1971
-	Proposed riding	 Conservation Council is concerned at tho scheme to construct a tourist riding trail through the Colo River valley, following Surveyor Townsends railway survey. Wilf alder stated the proposal is for minimum clearing of ttadks and secluded rest areas. Supplies will be taken in by packhorse and access roads will not be built. The area will still be open to bushwalkers. Federation is seeking further details, and has expresed provisional disapproval.
-All Purpose Vehicles  Letters will be sent to the Minister for Lands
-protesting against the use of cina buggies and offroad vehicles in national parks, and asking for enforcement of traffic laws in the parks. These vehicles have become a major problem overseas
-/221_1Jakes Myall Lakes Committee is seeking interestfree loans
-from conservationists. The money will be used to buy land to prevent future exploitation, and will be refunded in full in ten years.
-Federation Hall is to be held on Friday, September 17, at the UniverLty of N.S.W. Roundhouse.	Help is required to sell tickets.
-Arnold Ray legacy  Wilf Hilder moved that money from this legacy be donated to the National Parks and Wildlife Foundation to contribute towards the purchase of land suitable for future parks.
-Australian National History Foundation  medallion  Federation willl nominata John Lough, who is well known for his work on aboriginal rock carvings, for this award. John was at the meeting to discuss
-the proposed plan of management for Kuring gai Chase National Park, and to ask for Federation assistance in having the plan modified.
-Wilf Hilder and Gordon Redgrave areto read the report and write to the Parks and Wildlife Service.
-New Maps  Hawkesbury River Tourist Map, multicolour. Shows all tracks and fire trails, price 75c.
-Cdbargo South (provisional) 4 maps 1/25,000, covering Brogo River area.
-Bombala North (provisional)
-Budawangs Sketch Map (5th edition). This reprint should
-be available within a few weeks.
-***************-x-x*
-DON'T JUDGE A BOOK For years the magazine cover has been a printed job purchased in bulk at intervals of a year or so.
-As an economy measure we are now in the process of switching
-from the printed cover to a ndoit:yourself" variety, turned out from a special stencil on the Club's new auplicator.
-Because of the hazard of smudging the duplicator ink on the
-elatively nonabsorbent card it was a pretty intricate' ob,btt we understand that Jim Vatiliotis and Owen larks who undertook the work are now recovering, are allowed out on their own for limited periods, and no longer need their straight -jackets. And we have a year's
-supply of economy class covers.
+====Blue Gum Forest Closure====
+Advice from the Parks & Wildlife Service and the Superintendent, Blue Mountains Park, confirmed that parts of Blue Gum Forest will soon be closed to camping and walking to permit regeneration of the vegetation. Notices will be erected at the areas concerned, and clubs advised by letter before closure.
+====Morton National Park====
+Several letters dealt with the reported closure of access to the Budawang Ranges from the Mongarlowe Road. Australian Softwoods Corporation replied they do not hold leases over the land, and their policy is against closing off access without providing alternatives. The Parks & Wildlife Service has stated that there is a public right of way, and any closure of it is illegal.
+====Search & Rescue====
+There was only one incident in February, when a member of the C.B.C. fell and sustained a fractured ankle while walking in the Wiseman's Ferry area. His rescue was accelerated through the efforts of a local landowner, Mr. Smith, who has been thanked by Federation for his aid.
+====Conservation & Wildlife Exhibition====
+The Wildlife Preservation Society is to hold a display in the lower Sydney Town Hall between 16th and 22nd August. The theme is to be conservation and wildlife, and the Society is asking for both exhibitors and helpers to man booths, etc. Federation is considering a combined clubs exhibit. Interested members should contact the President of the Society, Mr. Serventy or the Publicity Officer, Mr. Kelvin Ward.
+====Proposed riding	trail along Colo River====
+Conservation Council is concerned at the scheme to construct a tourist riding trail through the Colo River valley, following Surveyor Townsend's railway survey. Wilf Hilder stated the proposal is for minimum clearing of tracks and secluded rest areas. Supplies will be taken in by packhorse and access roads will not be built. The area will still be open to bushwalkers. Federation is seeking further details, and has expressed provisional disapproval.
+====All Purpose Vehicles====
+Letters will be sent to the Minister for Lands protesting against the use of sand buggies and off-road vehicles in national parks, and asking for enforcement of traffic laws in the parks. These vehicles have become a major problem overseas.
+====Myall Lakes====
+Myall Lakes Committee is seeking interest free loans from conservationists. The money will be used to buy land to prevent future exploitation, and will be refunded in full in ten years.
+====Federation Ball====
+Is to be held on Friday, September 17, at the UniverLty of N.S.W. Roundhouse. Help is required to sell tickets.
+====Arnold Ray legacy====
+Wilf Hilder moved that money from this legacy be donated to the National Parks and Wildlife Foundation to contribute towards the purchase of land suitable for future parks.
+====Australian National History Foundation medallion====
+Federation will nominate John Lough, who is well known for his work on aboriginal rock carvings, for this award. John was at the meeting to discuss the proposed plan of management for Kuring gai Chase National Park, and to ask for Federation assistance in having the plan modified. Wilf Hilder and Gordon Redgrave are to read the report and write to the Parks and Wildlife Service.
+====New Maps====
+Hawkesbury River Tourist Map, multicolour. Shows all tracks and fire trails, price 75c. Cobargo South (provisional) 4 maps 1/25,000, covering Brogo River area. Bombala North (provisional). Budawangs Sketch Map (5th edition). This reprint should be available within a few weeks.
+=====Don't Judge A Book...=====
+For years the magazine cover has been a printed job purchased in bulk at intervals of a year or so.
+As an economy measure we are now in the process of switching from the printed cover to a "do-it-yourself" variety, turned out from a special stencil on the Club's new duplicator.
+Because of the hazard of smudging the duplicator ink on the relatively non-absorbent card it was a pretty intricate job, but we understand that Jim Vatiliotis and Owen Marks who undertook the work are now recovering, are allowed out on their own for limited periods, and no longer need their straight jackets. And we have a year's supply of economy class covers.