Sept.,"! Shephard, .'I Visit to Great Lake , Tasmania . i^ 



1916 J ' ' ^ 



merged. Col. Legge gives the result of soundings, which show 

 the lake shallow, with a very level bottom, and at the time 

 a maximum depth of 19 feet. He also mentions the rainfall 

 for twelve months in 1902-3 as 63.6 inches at the north end 

 and 17.93 inches at the south. The paper by this observer 

 ■is a very complete description of the lake and adjacent area 

 {see Aust. Assoc. Ad. of Science, Dunedin, 1904, vol. x., p. 348). 

 The return journey to Hobart was made on the 27th, and at 

 The Steppes the road going eastward to Interlaken was taken. 

 On this road some very rugged country is traversed, and at 

 the Alma Tier a rise to 3,565 feet is made before the drop 

 from the plateau commences. On this road a Tasmanian 

 black snake was observed in front and disabled by running 

 two w^heels of the car over it. This portion of the road is very 

 lonely, and there are some steep though not dangerous descents, 

 proper care being taken. The road surface is very fair, and here 

 also shows much improvement in a three years' interval. At 

 Interlaken, which is situated on a narrow neck between Lake 

 Sorell on the north and Lake Crescent on the south, there is 

 also a Government accommodation house. From this point 

 to Oatlands the descent of some 1,500 feet in the sixteen miles 

 is made by an excellent mountain road through striking scenerj^ 

 passing through fine pastoral country in the last few miles. 

 From Oatlands the main road is followed for the remaining 

 fifty-one miles to Hobart. From Interlaken there is another 

 road more to the north, coming on the main road at Tunbridge, 

 but from information received it is wiser to go the southerly 

 road even if going in the direction of Launceston. 



[The paper was illustrated by a large series of lantern views. 

 —Ed. Vict. Nat.'] 



NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A VERY interesting addition has been made to the zoological 

 collection in the form of a celebrated English bulldog named 

 " Kilburn Duke." This was recently purchased by Mr. M. P. 

 Bauld, of Malvern, for the sum of £400, but most unfortunately 

 died on the way out from England. The body was placed in 

 a cool chamber, and, on arrival in Melbourne, was presented 

 to the Museum by Mr. Bauld, to whom the public is indebted 

 for the opportunity of seeing a magnificent specimen of this 

 characteristic British breed. " Kilburn Duke " was only 

 nineteen months old when he died, but he had already made a 

 record for a dog of that age by securing twenty-six first prizes 

 without a break, including the fifty-guinea Berrie Cup — the 

 blue ribbon of the British Bulldog Club. He also secured 

 special prizes for the " best head, best face, best front, best 



