224 THE NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [ 5 : 9 — dec, 1909 



This was a great success. The crowd of course was easily kept 

 together and a most enjoyable and profitable day was spent at 

 different points of interest. Each child takes two meals and 

 coppers are boiled and tea provided, so catering is simply 

 managed. 



The third excursion was by special train from Zenalla to 

 Glenrowan to a gap in the granite range through which the road 

 and railway from Melbourne to Sydney passes. The sharp peak 

 overlooking the gap is Morgan's Lookout (Morgan was a notorious 

 bushranger). On account of the expense of the special train, no 

 limit could be placed on the number taken. Great local interest 

 sent many people in by buggy, etc., from the surrounding 

 districts, so that over one thousand attended. The children 

 were marshalled and the general public allowed to picnic. This 

 was not an advantage as some of the children also desired to 

 follow the picnicking parties. In the following week at Mt. 

 Arapiles away in Western Victoria we decided to try the whole 

 party as one whole. This is an outlying mass of old sand-stone 

 rising abruptly from the flat wheat-growing area of the N. W. 

 and so is regarded locally as a "geological freak." Some came 

 over one hundred miles. The railway department granted very 

 cheap rates. All the leading public men of the district were 

 present. 



The large party displayed great keenness to get at the history 

 of the mountain and worked well together. Over 1100 were 

 present and nearly all climbed to the highest point to enjoy the 

 fine panoramic view. 



A fortnight later a special train from Castlemaine was crowded 

 for Mt. Tarreogoewe. Over 1 200 attended. We were favored by 

 glorious weather and had a most successful day. This party also 

 worked as one whole. 



Our next excursion was on the glacial deposits 25 miles from 

 Zendigo at Derrinal. Again we had 1200 and a good day, so far 

 as stimulating local interest is concerned. It is a very heavy 

 day's work to take such a large crowd in the open air for about 

 three hours' work. 



The next gathering was at Berwick, where an old lava flow 

 resting on the leaf beds of a tertiary lake, and that again on the 

 Silurian bedrock, forms a prominent local feature. Forty-one 

 schools were represented. The councillors, clergymen, and 



