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Balleny Group. No recent deposits having been found, the later 

 pages of the history of this area must come from its physiog- 

 raphy, and cannot be treated of here. 



For the work upon which this history is founded our thanks 

 are due to the geologists of the various Antarctic expeditions, 

 chiefly Mr. H. T. Ferrar, of the National Antarctic Expedition, 

 and Professor T. W. Edgeworth David and Mr. R. E. Priestley, 

 of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9. The 35 Ibs. of 

 specimens brought back by the Polar Party from Mt. Buckley 

 contain impressions of fossil plants of late Palaeozoic age, some 

 of which a cursory inspection identifies as occurring in other 

 parts of the world. When fully examined, they will assuredly 

 prove to be of the highest geological importance. 



