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again the soft fossiliferous ironstones are in evidence, and under- 

 neath tliem lie the compact Bairnsdale limestones. Another 

 stretch of rounded banks extends as far as Myrtle Point, where 

 on one side of a small gully ironstone outcrops are alone visible, 

 while on the other a line vertical face of calciferous rock stands out 

 boldly. The limestone continues for some distance, and is then 

 succeeded by rounded ironstone hills, which are traceable across 

 Boggy Creeek, to near its junction with the Mitchell. A tine 

 section here leads on to Dreir's, where a clayey bed, containing 

 numerous fossils similar to those at Skinner's, extends for about 

 30 feet up from the water's edge, when it is sharply cut off from 

 the tall calciferous cliff above by a shelly layer. The hard 

 limestone rock can then be followed round the bends of the river 

 to Captain Underwood's, almost opposite Rose Hill, where it is 

 overlain by ironstone deposits containing numerous casts of 

 miocene fossils. The continuation of the calciferous rock from 

 this point to the Backwater of the Mitchell, has already been 

 noticed. 



The various sections on the river banks from which fossils have 

 been obtained will now be described in detail. 



III. — Rose Hill. 



The Mitchell from Boggy Creek to Dreir's has a fairly straight 

 course a little south of east, but then bends round and forms an 

 extensive loop as far as Underwood's (see map). The Rose Hill 

 section is at the western corner of the loop, and on the right 

 bank of the river. Thence going east for some distance the 

 stream turns north just behind the B.R.C. Hotel, but takes a 

 westerly direction near Radford's house, until after passing the 

 Bairnsdale Water Supply works, it again flows north towards 

 Underwood's on the opposite bank. 



Our attention was tirst drawn to this locality by noticing that 

 the limestone underlying the upper rounded banks showed an 

 unmistakable dip, and it was thus evident that an unconformity 

 existed. We expected to tind merely an ironstone deposit similar 

 to that at Bellevue, on the other side of the river, which we had 

 formerly examined pretty thoroughly. A search on the hills and 

 gullies near the hotel, and thence westerly along the terrace 



