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not be ampl}^ accounted for by forces actuallj^ in operation. 

 Indeed, the more closely I examined the talus at the base of the 

 cliff beyond the lake, the more astonishing it seemed that any 

 feature observable could, in the most distant way, suggest ice 

 action. Indeed, I will go further and say that if the evidences 

 in favour of glaciation on every point of the Plateau were over- 

 whelming, if we could point to grooves, furrows, scratches, moraine 

 deposits, and boulder masses, and if we had an abundance of 

 Roches Moutonnces, I would still make exception of the shores 

 of Lake Albina, and conclude that there, at a^\y rate, no traces 

 of glacial action were in evidence, and nothing suggestive of ice 

 action was preserved. I lingered a day longer in this locality in 

 the hope that any evidence however slight might be forthcoming 

 in favour of the position taken up by Dr. Lendenfeld and Mr. 

 Helms. Nothing more was discovered, and, therefore, I place it on 

 record that in my opinion there is nothing to the eye of the geologist 

 indicative of ice action on the shores of Lake Alljina. Turning 

 again to Mr. Helms' map we find that there are tracts coloured 

 blue, in a line directly under Lake Albina: in other words, in a 

 direct line south-east of the lake. To prevent any confusion, it 

 may be noted that one of these blue patches covers the word 

 " dividing," and the other is situated on the Snowy River, between 

 its source and the junction of its first affluent on the right bank. 

 I took special pains to locate these two areas, and in fact examined 

 every square yard of the ground. Once again I was forced to 

 conclude that Mr. Helms has misinterpreted the facts observable; 

 I could not find anything whatever of his " glacier traces." There 

 is abundance of what Mr. Helms calls rock debris. " We could 

 observe," remarks Mr. Helms, "extensive flats with large rocks 

 stickino- out of the surface here and there, and bogs all over 

 them "; but I am utterly unable to see what grounds there are 

 for Mr. Helms' conclusion that " these flats have been formed by 

 ice."* Three miles to the south of the Perisher, as shown in Mr. 

 Helms' map, two other areas may be noted, coloured blue, as 



* Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2nd Series). Vol. viii. p. :^53. 



