196 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



shut out. We know of no other case in which such an anomaly 

 exists. A park with a natural sea-frontage of about 60 miles, but 

 held back from the shore, and having no access to the sea what- 

 ever ! It is to be hoped that the Government will see its way to 

 make the strip referred to part of the Park, as being essential to 

 its welfare. The Seaforth township site should also be added, for 

 the same reason. Although in existence as a site for the past 15 

 years, and surveyed in 1892, there is not a single resident. The 

 township, except for the Gazette notice and the overgrown survey 

 marks, is a myth. 



Granted this modification of boundary, then the work of 

 preparing the Park for future use could be begun. First would 

 necessarily come the poisoning of the wild dogs and the erection 

 of a dog, fox, and rabbit proof fence across the isthmus. The 

 introduction of kangaroos, emus, other species of wallabies 

 than exist at present, and smaller marsupials would follow. 

 Lyre-birds from Gippsland could be transferred to the gullies of 

 the eastern side at Sealers' Cove, Refuge Cove, &c., and at 

 Roaring Meg Creek in the south, while the Platypus could be 

 acclimatized in many of the streams. There is in all about 

 10,000 acres of good and poor grazing land, which would suit 

 kangaroos and emus in parts and wallabies throughout. 



The sawmill which, at Sealers' Cove, is opening up and 

 destroying the best gullies and "Lyre-bird" country of the Park, 

 should be stopped before further irreparable damage is done. It 

 is reported that another mill is at work south of Mt. Norgate, but 

 the report has not been confirmed. 



There are many kangaroos, wallabies, and a few emus on 

 Snake or Latrobe Island, which could be conveniently transferred 

 to the Park, while from many parts of the State could be procured 

 native fauna suitable for the populating of this large area. The 

 trustees and directors of the various State Zoological Gardens 

 will doubtless assist in providing such native animals as they 

 have in captivity but are now scarce or hard to procure. In 

 many cases the security and peace of the Park will result in over- 

 breeding, but the surplus could be easily disposed of in the 

 re-stocking of zoological gardens, &c., and, when the source of 

 supply became known, it is probable that applications from 

 zoological and acclimatization societies abroad would be made for 

 Australian native animals, especially marsupials, and from the 

 surplus these could be supplied as exchanges, the return for which 

 would benefit our own societies, or for cash, which would aid the 

 revenue and lessen the cost of upkeep of the Park. 



However, before any practical steps can be taken, the half- 

 mile strip of foreshore and the Singapore Peninsula excision 

 should be added, saw-milling stopped, and trustees appointed. 

 To the trustees could confidently be left the appointment of ex- 

 perienced rangers, erection of staging at the south corner of Corner 



