THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



mognathus quadridentatus, was to be found almost everywhere. 

 Further out on the reef the rocks when overturned presented 

 quite an animated appearance, owing to the numerous marine 

 forms of animal life which they revealed. Chajtopod or Bristle- 

 worms, in their curious shell and sand covered tubes, or partly 

 embedded in the mud ; Sea Anemones, Ascidians, Sponges, and 

 occasionally specimens of the well-named Brittle Stars were to be 

 seen, in company with Sandhoppers, crabs of various kinds, 

 Chitons, and other shells. We were, however, allowed but a 

 short time on the reef, as the incoming tide quickly caused us 

 to retreat to the shore, where we spent the remainder of the 

 morning searching among the masses of seaweed, &c., which had 

 been washed up. 



On adjourning to the house for lunch we were just in time to 

 welcome the arrival of eight of the expected members of our 

 party, and with the addition of one more on the following day we 

 made a party of eleven, being : — Messrs. S. W. Fulton, F. E. 

 Grant, T. S. Hall, M.A., F. W. Irving, V. R. M'Nab, G. B. 

 Pritchard, H. Summers, A. O. Thiele, E. O. Thiele, and G. 

 Weindorfer, with J. A. Kershaw as leader. 



Owing to the absence of our cook, who disappointed us at the 

 last moment, the culinary arrangements during the camp were 

 admirably supervised by Mr. Fulton, who found plenty of willing 

 assistance and advice among the remainder of the party. 



After making ourselves as comfortable as possible for the 

 remainder of our stay, and preparing our collecting outfits, &c., a 

 hearty dinner was disposed of and a start made for the beach. 

 Two of the party decided to work along the beach towards 

 Flinders, while the remainder took the opposite direction for 

 Shelly Beach, a walk of some three miles. The shore for some 

 distance is bounded by steep cliffs, broken here and there with 

 short, deep gullies, worn by the soakage from the land above. 

 A series of small bays are formed between the rugged basaltic 

 prominences which jut out here and there, being continued for 

 some distance into the sea by long reefs. Daring low tide the 

 water in places recedes for a considerable distance, leaving these 

 reefs exposed and dry, but which were now completely covered 

 by the full tide. At the base of some of these cliffs a large 

 quantity of loose waterworn stones of various sizes were washed 

 up, and as the waves broke over these and receded again it pro- 

 duced a most peculiar rattle, which gave some idea of the amount 

 of erosion which must be going on. As we proceeded the rocks 

 disappeared, leaving a long stretch of flat sandy beach, bordered 

 with Banksias. The beach was here strewn with dense masses 

 of seaweed, with very few shells to be seen, though a number of 

 Tunicates, Holothurians, and Echinoids were noticed. On 

 rounding a rocky point known as Honeysuckle Point, which runs 



