THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 81 



here and there, and on them are generally to be seen Black 

 Swans, Ducks, Gulls, Sec. Near the bar are several islands of 

 various sizes and shapes, and they are the favourite haunt of the 

 Spur-wing Plovers and White-fronted Herons. Away in the 

 distance all round may^be seen various ranges of mountains, the 

 highest point being Genoa Peak, over i,ooo feet high, the Howe 

 Range, Table-top Mountain, Nad-gee Range, &c., &c. ; and the 

 views over the inlet, being backed by these mountain ranges at 

 varying distances, are very beautiful, of which photographs give 

 a very faint representation. The bar has a high cliff on one side, 

 and a long range of low sandhills on the other. The depth of 

 water at low tide is about 9 feet, and small steamers and 

 schooners can go in and out, weather permitting. All the coast 

 line about here appears to be rising, and various old sea beaches, 

 now covered with scrub, can be seen. There is a comfortable 

 hotel here, which is situated on a high point overlooking the 

 inlet, and boats can be hired by visitors. The inlet can be 

 reached by schooner from Melbourne (Orhost) or by a weekly 

 steamer from Bairnsdale, the Lady Harriet, or overland the 

 way described. We spent the whole day there, returning on 

 the afternoon of the next day to Genoa, and so on back to Mel- 

 bourne by the same route we had come by, after having had a 

 most enjoyable and interesting outing. 



[The paper was well illustrated with lantern slides from photo- 

 graphs taken by the author. — Ed. Vict,. Nat.'\ 



THE LATE J. BRACEBRIDGE WILSON, M.A., F.L.S. 



It is with great regret we record the death of another Victorian 

 naturalist — the fourth such loss during the current year. Mr. Jno. 

 Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., F.L.S. , passed away at the age of 67 

 on the 22nd October. In his position as head master of the 

 Church of England Grammar School, Geelong, for the past 

 twenty-two years, he had made hosts of friends all over Australia, 

 who will deeply feel his loss. Among biologists his name will 

 long be remembered as an enthusiastic collector of the sponges and 

 alga; of the vicinity of Port Phillip Heads, where he was 

 accustomed to spend all his holidays dredging for fresh material 

 to be forwarded for working out to such friends as the late Dr. 

 Macgillivray, of Bendigo, Baron von Mueller, Professor M'Coy, 

 F.R.S., Melbourne University, or Dr. Dendy, now of Christ- 

 church, New Zealand ; or through them to the leading specialists 

 of England or the Continent. He was for a number of years a 

 member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, and took 

 considerable interest in the work of the Geelong Field Naturalists' 

 Club. 



