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packed and put on to boil. Two doors pressed into service made 

 an excellent table when mounted on trestles, and as the forms, 

 &c., made the last time were still there it did not take us long to 

 make things comfortable. A detailed description of the camp's 

 surroundings is unnecessar^^ being fully described in the May 

 number of the Naturalist, vol. xix., page 7, in the report of the 

 Easter camp-out. After a solid lunch we spent the afternoon on 

 the beach ; but as the tide was coming in fast no work could be 

 done on the reefs, and the party straggled off in twos and threes 

 up the creeks and gullies, collecting insects and plants, which 

 might be of interest to some other member in camp or at home. 

 Returning to the camp about 6 p.m., dinner was got under way 

 and served up as the second instalment of our party, who had 

 come down by the afternoon train, arrived on their bicycles, and 

 were not slow at settling to the good things provided. 



The party now consisted of Messrs. F. Chapman, R. 

 Coghill, Roy Felstead, C. Frost, Dr. J. C. Kaufmann, J. 

 Leach, A. Mattingley, V. R. M'Nab, W. J. M'Caw, D. W. 

 Patterson, G. B. Pritchard, H. Sum.mers, A. O. Thiele, E. O. 

 Thiele, and G. Weindorfer, with S. W. Fulton as leader. 



The evening was spent in making our plans for the trip, and 

 discussing the prospects and merits of the surrounding collecting 

 grounds, and then to bed and rest to prepare us for the astound- 

 ing feats of the morrow. 



Rising early on Saturday morning (4.45 a.m.), and breakfast 

 disposed of, we made along the shore towards Shelly Beach, some 

 members of the party, according to their bent, dropping out to 

 search the reefs for si ecimens until driven off by the rising tide. 

 The " shell-men " returned later, and were not too well satisfied 

 with their takings ; but it must be remembered most of them had 

 spent a lot of time on the same beach last Easter, and what 

 were treasures to them tlien did not call for so much enthusiasm 

 this trip ; still they could not complain, as their report will 

 show. 



Sunday morning another early start was made. Seven of the 

 party, who had brought bicycles for the occasion, made for the 

 Basalt Cliffs, beyond Flinders, in quest of Zeolites, &c. ; and 

 judging from the equipment of heavy hammers and gads, the 

 amount of bluestone brought home, and the wrecked state of their 

 bicycles, there must have been a considerable alteration made in 

 the coast line. But this is only the surmise of one who did not go 

 out ; those interested will doubtless put a better complexion of the 

 result of their trip in their report on the minerals found. 



Our botanist, Mr. Weindorfer, was most energetic, walking over 

 to Dromana, and returning much pleased with his collecting. 

 Again, on Monday, he made an early start by coach to Bittern, 

 and walked most of the way along the railway line to Frankston 



