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6. — October-December, 1862. — To Seymour, Beechworth, 



Wodonga, Kosciusko, Wodonga, Rochester, Bendigo, &c. 

 7. — January, 1863. — ^To Cape Schanck and French Island. 

 8. — March- April, 1863. — To Quecnstown, Healesville, Benalla, 



Wood's Point, Jericho, Bunyip, &c. 

 9. — November, 1863. — To Ciunes, Avoca, Maryborough, Castle- 



maine, &c. "' 

 10. — November, 1863-February, 1864. — To Dandenong, Trar- 



algon. Mount Useful, Dargo, Port Albert, Bass, &c. 



In reading the details of these trips one cannot help being 

 struck with the number of thunderstorms mentioned, which 

 seems to quite bear out the impression of the present day 

 that thunderstorms are not nearly so prevalent now as they 

 were some thirty years ago. 



The notes of the trips do not contain so man}^ references to 

 natural history as one would wish, and I will therefore refer 

 to matters of perhaps more general interest, and to the physical 

 characteristics of the country passed through. Thus, with 

 regard to the first trip to Maryborough, &c., the only remark 

 worthy of note is that on the morning of 26th June, 1859, the 

 thermometer registered 34.2 at 8 a.m. at Carlsruhe, and that 

 the water-holes in the neighbourhood were bearing ice. 



Trip II. — From 5th November to 19th December, 1859. 



After visiting Geelong and Quecnscliff, returned to Mel- 

 bourne, thence to Mount Blackwood and Ballarat. Visited 

 the trig, station at Spring Hill, near Crcsvvick, which had 

 been ■ erected by Mr. W. J. Wills (later of the exploring 

 expedition). Left Ballarat by coach for Geelong at 5 a.m. 

 on 4th December, 1859, a strong northerly gale blowing. The 

 coach-wheels caught fire several times from the extreme heat. 

 Returned to Ballarat and worked across plains to Camperdown ; 

 visited the lakes Bullen-Merri and Gnotuk. Thence on to 

 Portland, returning bv steamer to Melbourne with cart, horse, 

 &c. 



Trip III. — From 3rd September to 19th December, i860. 



Dr. Neumayer was asked to accompany the Burke and 

 Wills Expedition, which had left Melbourne on 20th 

 August, i860, as far as the Darling, in order to give some 

 instruction and practice in the use of the various instruments 

 taken. He left Melbourne on 3rd September, and caught up 

 to the expedition near Swan Hill on the loth. Reached the 

 Darhng at " Bilbarka " on 26th. Near here Mr. Landells 

 killed a line carpet snake, Morcliu varicgata, which measured 

 7 feet 2 inches in length and 7I inches round. He said 

 good-bye to Mr. Wills on the 29th, and returned to Kumpang 



