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general natural history of the locaUty, which, however, he did 

 not consider sufficiently interesting to repay the trouble 

 necessary to reach the highest point of the range. An inter- 

 esting capture during the outing was a specimen of the pouched 

 or flying mouse, Acrobaies py^mcBus, Shaw, the smallest Aus- 

 tralian marsupial, while drinking at the aqueduct, late in the 

 afternoon. 



The paper was illustrated by about a dozen lantern slides 

 of the district, kindly lent by Mr. J. H. Harvey. 



Mr. E. B. NichoUs said that on one occasion he had seen a 

 specimen of the same animal at the Olinda Creek as early as 

 3 o'clock in the afternoon, though it is considered to be of noc- 

 turnal habits. 



EXHIBITION OF LANTERN SLIDES. 



Dr. T. S. Hall, M A., exhibited and explained a slide of a 

 Jurassic dinosaur from Europe, and another of the claw of what 

 is supposed to be a similar animal from the South Gippsland 

 coalfields, the only evidence we have of such animals in Australia. 

 Other slides illustrated geologic and scenic features of the Vic- 

 torian coast in the Otway district. 



Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S., showed a number of 

 views recently taken in the National Park, Wilson's Promon- 

 tory, many of which, illustrating the animal, bird, and plant 

 life, excited much admiration, notably those of the Koala, the 

 Whip-Bird, the Native Heath, and the common Correa. 



Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., explained some slides of the 

 Hopkins River and vicinity, exhibited in illustration of his 

 paper read at the previous meeting, describing an " eel-fare " 

 which he had recently witnessed there. The pictures had been 

 taken under great difficulty, and demonstrated very clearly 

 the method adopted by the young eels for ascending the falls. 



Mr. Mattingley congratulated the exhibitor on the excellence 

 of the views, considering the difficulties under which they had 

 been taken. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland drew attention to his exhibit of a 

 specimen of the Tabuan Crake, a Northern Territory bird, 

 which had been picked up warm, but dead, alongside the rail- 

 way line near Wallan. The bird's beak had been injured, and 

 it had probably struck a train which had passed just before. 



Professor A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, forwarded a note with refer- 

 ence to the use of the milky juice of an introduced euphorbi- 

 aceous plant. Euphorbia peplus, L., for the removal of an 

 unsightly growth on the cheek, and suggested that the matter 

 was worthy of further experiment under skilled observation. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., said the caustic property of the 



