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Owienagin in about the year 1840. when he was the only white 

 man living thus far north from Adelaide ; several pictures of his 

 long-deserted hut and stockyard were shown. Walter Gill, 

 another pioneer squatter, died here in 1858, and was buried 

 near McKinlay's hut. Gill's relatives have long desii-ed that 

 the S]:)ot should be permanently marked, and Mr. W. D. Ure, 

 a nephew of the pioneer, had charge of this mission, which was 

 made one of the objects of the expedition. The rotting posts 

 previously enclosing the grave Avere, therefore, removed and 

 an inscribed marble slab now records Gill's lonely resting-place. 

 The Ranges present interesting physiographical features : about 

 ten years ago a tremendous mass of rock, previously forming 

 the summit of a high hill at Owienagin, slid almost into the 

 Gap. Overlooking the narrow entrance to the Pound is a 

 natural sphinx known as the ''Guardian of the Gap"; other 

 examples of curious rock weathering were photographed at 

 various places. On the evening of October 7 an earthquake was 

 experienced, which, it was later learned, affected a considerable 

 area. Natural history specimens were collected at every oppor- 

 tunity, and the insects taken included several new species of 

 Coleoptera. In the Artimore Ranges the malaria mosquito 

 (Nyssorh3aichus annulipes) was fairly common; those mosqui- 

 toes, which in fever districts act as intermediate hosts to the 

 malarial parasite, may be readily distinguished by their charac- 

 teristic attitude when resting or feeding. Finally, ]Mount 

 Padawurta (or Patawartie), one of the highest peaks in the 

 State, was ascended. This great outcrop of quartzite, once 

 know^n as Mount Rugged, is over 1,000 feet from base to sum- 

 mit; two of the party climbed the precipitous south-westeni 

 face, an undertaking which has seldom been attempted. The 

 air is w^onderfully clear, and an extensive view is obtained from 

 the summit, 3,060 feet above sea-level. At this height the party 

 encountered clouds of small flies belonging to the parasitic 

 Phoridae, a family in which the males only are winged; the 

 females cannot fly, and live on the ground. 



Lecture, April 19, 1921. — Mr. A. J. Morison made his first 

 appearance as a lecturer, and in his address on "Parks and 

 Gardens" gave members a great treat, showing how some of 

 the most delightful aspects of Nature could be enjoyed even in 

 the heart of a city. The lecture took the form of a pictorial 

 tour. Before starting, Mr. Morison told those present a few 

 facts relating to tree-planting in Adelaide, and gave early and 

 modern views of the "garden city.'" He remarked that the 

 first systematic effort to improve the appearance of the parks 

 by planting trees of different varieties seemed to have been 



