GraptoUte Beds at Daijlesfonl. 275 



15. — East of the syncline, perhaps the same bed, Didymo- 

 graptus bifidus,t, D. oxtensus,t, Rhinopterocaris maccoyi,t. 



Both these are Wattle Gully Beds,t. 



Thence to the mouth of the gfully the dips are westerly, though 

 in some places difficult to observe in the thick, highly cleaved 

 slates. The anticline must occur just outside this gully, and can 

 be seen a short distance to the north, in an excavation on the 

 east side of the Ballan-road, at the south end of the embankment 

 over Wombat Flat. The anticline has a well-marked pitch to the 

 south, and some thin quartz veins seem to follow round the beds 

 and outcrop in curved lines on the floor of the excavation. 



16.— At the south end of this cutting, and immediately east 

 of the anticline, Phyllograptus fypus is the most abundant, and 

 Tetragraptus fruticosus is doubtfully present. Didymograptus 

 bifidus Avas not noticed. 



In the bed of the creek to the east the syncline is just exposed, 

 and shows black slates from which it was difficult to obtain any 

 fossils. 



17. — A little to the south, in the bed of the creek, a very few 

 fossils were obtained, comprising Didymograptus bifidus, Phyllo- 

 graptus typus, and probably Tetragraptus sen-a. The horizon is 

 therefore uncertain. It may be uppermost Bendigonian or 

 Wattle Gully Beds. 



Continuing to the east up Smith's Creek, an anticline and a 

 syncline closely following are seen a little east of the Lal^e 

 Road. Both these ha^e a strong southerly pitch. Thence wes- 

 terly dips continue to an anticline which passes undei- the hill 

 en w^hich the Victorian Cornish south shaft is situated. This 

 anticline is easily traceable up the south side of the valley, and 

 passes immediately east of the South Cornish Company's shaft. 

 Continuing to the south it crosses the railway at the footbridge, 

 but is not actually seen, as an old valley filled with basalt occupies 

 the position where it would appear. The change of dip is clearly 

 seen on the two sides of this valley, the whole width of which is 

 exposed in the cutting. 



18. — In the mouth of a small tunnel on the north bank of 

 Smitlfs Creek, and a little east of the anticline. In my notes I 

 have that Phyllograptus typus is most abundant with doubtful 

 Tetragraptus fruticosus, but none of the matei-ial sent to Dr. 

 Hall wag determinable. 



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