troyins hand of m:in. The horses' heads were turned into the 

 dusty tr.K'k through the niallee once more, and as the short twi- 

 light of the Australian bush was giving way to tlie darkness of 

 night, and the dear old laughing jack was giving his final hoot 

 before turning in his head to rest, the cheery camp fire was seen 

 burning brightly tJirough the timber, and the wanderers and their 

 camp friends were soon exchanging coo-ees; 



I daresay those who read of scientists going into camp imagine 

 it is a time for relaxation, and that they have a real good "loaf." 

 Could these people only see the daily work gone through liy the 

 hard workers (of course, there are always one or two in every 

 society who take things easily) they would soon change their 

 opinion in regard to campers. When a party of scientists are 

 quartered in a certain locality they are nearly always limited to 

 time, and at once set about doing as much work within the hours 

 of daylight as can possibly be managed, so that the district shall 

 be thoroughly worked. 



— Other Detachments Leave Camp. — 



On October 12 another party left for Lake Wangary and tiie 

 west coast, made up principally of coQchologists. There were also 

 botanists and entomologists. They took the same route as the 

 first detachment, and the botanists and entomologists worked the 

 country on the way down. The conchologists commenced opera- 

 tions as soon as they reached the coast. By this time most of the 

 country within many miles of the camp had been worked. Pre- 

 parations were therefore made to go further afield. On October 

 13 a detachment of nine left early in the morning, packed pretty 

 tightly in a small spring dray. They headed to the east. The 

 progress was slow, for the first seven or eight miles over rough 

 country, which lay between the camp and the range. 



The Koppio Range.— 



After reaching the foothills the ti'ack became so bad that all 

 had to alight from the vehicle, and it was as much as the olci 

 horse could do to pull the dray up with our kit. Here the country- 

 changed, and the low broom of the plains gave place to the yucca 

 and heath of the hills, and a dwarf species of ^Melaleuca was 

 found to be abundant. Its delicate pink blossom quite enlivened 

 the landscape Avith patches of colour. The picturesque spikes of 

 the yucca towered up on all sides, filling the air with sweet frag- 

 rance, for these strange flower heads contain an immense quantity 

 of honey, which had atti-acteU many insects, foremsot among which 

 V. as the sugar ant. Wallabies broke cover continually and hopped 

 off to more secluded spots. 



