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and valuable. The public lectures arranged by the committee 

 have been fairly well attended, and opportunity has been given 

 to all nature lovers in this city to learn more of the features, 

 animate and inanimate, of forest, field, and seashore. Thus by 

 means of the printed and spoken word, this club endeavours 

 to foster the love and study of nature, and to attract all those 

 so inclined. Much has been said during the year of the found- 

 ing of a League of Nature Lovers. If by such a league a 

 greater number could be brought under the charm of natural 

 history lore, this body would be welcomed. Meanwhile, those 

 who have advocated the formation of the League are cordially 

 invited to join us in our lectures and excursions. 



Broken Hill. — Note was made in our February number of 

 assistance and suggestions given by our club towards the 

 founding of a Field Naturalists' Club at Broken Hill. Members 

 will be pleased to learn that such a club is now well estab- 

 lished, and their first syllabus is to hand, showing an interest- 

 ing series of lectures and excursions. Their Wild Flower Show 

 is to be held on September 25. 



Honorary Member. — At a recent meeting of our com- 

 mittee Mr. T. P. Bellchambers was unanimously elected an 

 honorary member of the South Australian Field Naturalists, 

 as a mark of the club's appreciation of the fine work done by 

 that gentleman towards a better appreciation of and care for 

 our native animals and plants, in his popular articles and 

 other publications. Two other well-known nature lovers, Mr. 

 and Mrs. G. E. Archer Russell, have also lately joined our club, 

 and we look forward to their participation in our activities. 



Excursion, May 22. — The annual visit to Morialta Gorge 

 was held in delightful weather, and a goodly number of mem- 

 bers was present, under the leadership of Dr. Fenner. The 

 party first rested at the "Blackboy Lookout" to admire the 

 fine view of the plains and the sea. Here the leader dealt with 

 the general facts of the building of the Mount Lofty Ranges, 

 the carving out of the river valleys by running water, and the 

 spreading out of the material from these valleys to form the 

 Adelaide plains. The distinctly different scenery and vegeta- 

 tion found where the quartzite rocks occur, as compared with 

 the slates and limestones, was noted. A small gully on the right 

 side of the Gorge was explored geologically and botanically, 

 and a pleasant afternoon's work concluded with a visit to the 

 Falls. 



