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the hill were excavated so as to carry away one-third of the 

 diameter of the well from top to bottom. Projecting 

 over the fall was the trunk o£ a hunce tree bearinji no far 

 fetched resemblance to some extinct monster guarding the river 

 from intrusion. Outside this basin was a larger one formed of 

 precipices of at least 150 feet high. The upper portion of which 

 were covered with ferns. The atmosphere was intensely cold 

 and there Avas a ])erpetual drizzle from the huge mass of water 

 Avhich roared so loudly in its sheer, downright descent into the 

 small basin beneath and which necessitated our shouting our 

 loudest to make ourselves understood, although standing close 

 together. In this secluded retreat desti<-ute of empty bottles, 

 matches, or pieces of paper, showing it had not been visited 

 recently, we noticed several of the small yellow-throated frogs 

 common in our mountain streams, but beyond these there Avere 

 no v(;ry noticeable specimens of.animal life. We remained some 

 time admiring the fall, which, though not so lofty and not so 

 picturesque as the Blue Basin, is much grander, and more rug- 

 ged and impressive, until Avarned by chattering teeth that Ave 

 had better keep moving if Ave Avould avoid severe colds, we left 

 the basin and chambering along the left bank, one moment 

 letting ourselves down perpendiculars 10 and 12 feet deep at 

 others clambering up similar obstructions by means of the roots 

 of the trees Ave at length reached the top of the Blue Basin Fall 

 and by dint of great shouting Ave managed to attract the atten- 

 tion of those Ave had left beloAV. We then commenced the 

 return journey, tho lirst part of Avhich Avas far more hazardous 

 than anything Ave had up to then undergone, and fimilly rejoined 

 our friends having been absent about 3 hoars and a half. On 

 our return our muddy and dishevelled appearance Avas the 

 source of much merriment, but a bathe and a little ingenuity 

 in the arrangement of our toilets (tell it not in Gath, Avhisper 

 it not in the streets of Askalon — one member of the Club turned 

 his clothes in side out) Ave sat doAvn to a hearty al fresco meal. 

 At five o'clock Ave returned to the cocoa house (kindly lent by 

 Mr. Lange) Avhere Ave had left our cycles and Avere soon after- 

 Avards on our Avay home — certain members of the party Avere, 

 hoAvever, particularly anxious not to reach toAvn before dark and 

 the appearance of a friendly manicou on the road afforded them 

 an excuse to make the signal for a general halt. The unfor- 

 tunate opposum Avas treed and many Avere the frantic efforts to 

 obtain him for the Club collection. One member ascended the 

 tree nearly as nimbly as the marsupial itself, but could not get 

 near enoiigh to it to effect its capture. The frightened beast 

 got to the end of the branches from Avhence a well directed 

 stone knocked it into a niass of bush some six feet high Avliich 



