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associated with a conglomerate bearing a resemblance to certain 

 rocks on the Upper Hunter, was met with from yth to I5th June. 

 I have been accustomed to regard this and similar sandstones, 

 occurring in tablelands in this district, as belonging to DAINTREE'S 

 DESERT SANDSTONE formation (Upper Cretaceous), but in view of 

 its proximity to " TAYLOR'S CARBONIFEROUS RANGE " and the 

 relation of the latter to MOUNT MULLIGAN, it is at least as likely 

 to prove to be PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS. (See postea, under " Hann's 

 Expedition.") 



Beneath this horizontally-bedded sandstone, or at least a portion 

 of it, there is reason to believe that the LOWER CRETACEOUS 

 sedimentary rocks (which, in this region, are the principal source 

 of ARTESIAN WATER) will be found. The probability is that the 

 fossiliferous strata of the Walsh River and Elizabeth Creek (vide, 

 Taylor, in Hann's Expedition) are continued BENEATH THE NEWER 

 SANDSTONES OF THE LOWER LYND till they join the great artesian 

 basin of western Queensland. 



All the way down the Lynd, GAME was abundant, and the 

 presence of animals not destined for " the pot " was noted by the 

 leader of the expedition Among these were scrub turkey, bower 

 bird, black cockatoo, kite, crow, duck, teal, white crane, native 

 companion, pike, perch, sawfish (loth June), kangaroo, wallaby, 

 opossum, bandicoot and dingo. 



