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ferred the damp soil of the drains along the embankments, while 

 Viminaria denudata, Ditiris lo7igi/olia, D. jmnctata, Oxalis 

 corniculata, and Helichrysum apiculatum were conspicuous in 

 the drier ground right up to the Frankston railway station, where 

 I ended my walk and took train for Melbourne. — G. Weindorfer. 



Mineralogy. — The mineralogists were even more successful 

 on this occasion than on our last visit. After the experience of 

 the former trip the party this time equipped themselves with 

 bicycles, as the long walk home after a heavy day, and with no 

 light load to carry, was apparently not over-relished. How far 

 the bicycles were a success it is difficult to say, for such a 

 chapter of accidents as befel nearly the whole of the machines it 

 would be hard to match. Of course one might think it was the 

 success of the expedition that was too weighty for the bicycles ; 

 but, strange to say, the majority of the mishaps occurred before 

 loading up time in the evening. Our first point of investigation 

 was on the ocean shore below Flinders, where certain well- 

 developed dykes were examined, specimens of the rock and of 

 some fine included minerals — notably good Hornblende — were 

 obtained. Thence some of the party walked along the beach to 

 the Older Tertiary (Eocene) Limestones, which rest on an old 

 shingle bed derived mainly from the Older Basalt (Eocene), and 

 put in some time at collecting fossils from this outcrop. Our 

 next stopping place was some miles further along the coast, at 

 the Zeolite patch. Here the superfluous energy of some of our 

 members expended itself with great violence, and the place was 

 scarcely recognizable by the time it had been finished with. The 

 results were, however, highly gratifying, as some magnificent 

 specimens of Gmelinite, Analcite, and Natrolite were obtained, 

 some of the crystals of the former being considerably over an 

 inch in diameter. Some very fine specimens of parallel twinning 

 of rhombohedra, apparently of Dolomite, were also procured. All 

 spent a most enjoyable day, and profited considerably in good 

 typical specimens of the above and several other minerals which 

 have been mentioned in a previous report. In fact, if one might 

 judge by the weight of the bags that returned home that night, 

 there was more than enough to satisfy the most exacting collector 

 that ever existed. 



The additional minerals obtained this time include Chalce- 

 dony, Agate, Flint, Goihite(?), and Steatite. — G. B. Pritchard. 



Note on the Occurrence of Musical Sand at Shoreham. — 

 As the members of the Club were traversing the Shelly Beach 

 near Shoreham, during the recent camp-out, the peculiar 

 phenomenon of musical sand was noticed, a distinct screech 

 being given out when the dry sand was struck by the foot in 

 pacing through the shifting material. It was most audible when 

 the sand was struck sharply with the heel. 



