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Basin, the cutting of bridle or pack tracks to give access by land 

 to Sealers' Cove, &c., and other necessary and more or less urgent 

 works. To complete the examination of the Promontory it 

 would be necessary to make a complementary excursion, ap- 

 proaching by sea, and landing on Singapore Peninsula, in Corner 

 Basin, and in Bass Strait, Refuge Cove, Sealers' Cove, and at the 

 lighthouse. This would complete the survey for most purposes, 

 and the progress of the Park after the commencement of oper- 

 ations could be more easily gauged. There is little fear of the 

 "coast disease," as, though we saw stock there suffering from 

 the effects of it, and " coasty " wallabies have been seen nearer 

 Yanakie station, no animals, other than introduced stock, have 

 been troubled with it south of the isthmus. One of the best tests 

 of the health of animals is the condition of skin and fur and the 

 market demand for the same. The demand for skins of wallaby 

 and koala from the Promontory has been so great in the past 

 that over 2,000 of each have been removed in one year. 



The illustrations which accompany this report have been 

 chosen from a large series as characteristic of the features of the 

 National Park. They embrace the approach to the Park, 

 showing the Derby River flats, one of the granite-capped hills, a 

 scene in the grass-tree country, and a view in the banksia forest. 

 Coastal views have not been selected, as such are not really in the 

 Park reservation. 



General Zoology (except Mollusca).— By J. A. Kershaw, 



F.E.S. 



The zoological results of this excursion were not, as a whole, 

 important from a collector's point of view. Nothing new, or even 

 very rare, was noted. The class of country traversed was, 

 generally speaking, not such that one would expect to find very 

 prolific in animal life, and it was not always possible to devote 

 much time to searching the more favourable-looking spots which 

 we passed through. Our time was limited, and much of the 

 collecting had to be accomplished while journeying from one 

 place to another. It must be remembered that our attention was 

 practically confined to the western side of the Promontory as far 

 south as Oberon Bay, and while much more might have been 

 accomplished had time permitted us to have more thoroughly 

 worked some of the better-timbered spots, and along some of the 

 creeks and valleys, the country was not, on the whole, the most 

 favourable to enable one to obtain the best idea of the fauna of 

 the Promontory. From information obtained from our guides, 

 who know the country well, and have spent months there shoot- 

 ing and trapping, we learned that a greater abundance of animal 

 life would probably be found in the more heavily timbered 

 ranges along the eastern side. The difficulty, however, of 



