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A SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE TO 



A PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE GLACIAL 



REMAINS PRESERVED IN THE NATIONAL PARK 



OF TASMANIA. 



By a. N. Lewis, M.C. 

 (Read 14th November, 1921.) 



In a paper read by me before the Royal Society of 

 Tasmania on 11th July, 1921, on the above subject, I stated: 

 "As far as can be ascertained, the glacial remains on the 

 "Mt. Field ranges have never been described. They do not 

 "appear to have been observed, or at least their existence 

 "recorded, before the proclamation of the area as a National 

 Park. There is, therefore, no previous literature on the 

 subject to which to refer." 



Since publishing these statements my attention has been 

 drawn to a paper, entitled "Climatic Cycles," published by 

 Dr. (now Professor) Griffith Taylor, of the University of 

 Sydney, in the American Geographical Review of December, 

 1919, in which, at pp. 292-3, he mentions the existence of 

 glacial remains, cirques, moraines, etc., in the National Park, 

 and also to the fact that an outline of the subject was 

 compiled by the same author in January, 1919, for inclusion 

 in a Tourist Department guide book, which, however, has 

 not yet been published. 



I regret that my ignorance of the existence of these 

 articles caused the omission of any reference to Professor 

 Taylor's researches in the Mt. Field district, and should, 

 therefore, like the paragraph quoted above to be amended to 

 read as follows: — 



"The only previous literature on the subject of glaciation 

 "in the National Park is a mention of the existence of traces 

 "of glaciation in a paper, entitled 'Climatic Cycles,' published 

 "in the American Geographical Review of December, 1919, 

 "by Dr. Griffith Taylor, D.Sc, and a hitherto unpublished 

 "account of the glacial features by the same author to be 

 "incorporated in a handbook of the Park, the publication of 

 "which is contemplated by the Government Tourist Depart- 



