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containing boulders principally Devonian conglomerate, in 

 size from the smallest atom to many tons in weight. The 

 morainal matter is composed of rocks of a local origin, and 

 all scored specimens picked up were undoubtedly so, the ice 

 marks being as plainly visible as in the rocks of other recent 

 moraine stuff in localities before enumerated. A small, 

 turbulent, deeply-cut, precipitous stream runs parallel to the 

 moraine, its bed being choked by huge rounded Devonian 

 conglomerate boulders, forming miniature falls and blocks in 

 the creek. The height of this interesting discovery above 

 sea level is only 250ft, and without doubt the ' deposit 

 has been brought by glaciers from the Cray croft Hills 

 (named after a niece of Sir John Franklin) or Frenchman's 

 Cap. The aspect of these hills, viewed in the distance, plainly 

 shows that a great glacial erosion has scoured their slopes, 

 although their present height cannot be more than 3,000ft. 

 above sea level. 



Mr. Montgomery in his paper remarks : — " I think we 

 must come to the conclusion that the whole of the deep 

 gorges among these western mountains now occupied by the 

 head waters of the Pieman, Henty, and King iiivers have 

 been at no very distant period of time occupied by rivers of 

 ice ;" and further on says, " If we allow this we must admit 

 the ice came down to within 500 or 600 feet of the present sea 

 level." 



These conjectures are correct, for the moraines I reported 

 finding in the King Valley in my supplementary notes last 

 year are about 500 or 600 feet above sea level ; and now we 

 have a recent moraine in which indisputable proofs of glacial 

 action exists at a very much lower altitude. 



My last discovery is the most important and interesting of 

 all, and will probably throw more light on the extent and age 

 of our glacial action. 



In the first week in June, 1894, the long promontory west 

 of Farm Cove, Macquarie Harbour, forming the western 

 boundary of that inlet was visited. Here I found a deposit of 

 morainal matters containing boulders a quarter of a ton in 

 weight. These masses covered the point, beach, and ran far 

 out into the water. Where exposed to the present wave and 

 tidal action all the finer markings and scorings were obliter- 

 ated, but above and at high water level the ice marks are 

 beautifully illustrated. (Illustrative specimens broken from 

 the boulders, and boulders found at a later date are for- 

 warded.) On my return, two months later, owing to high 

 gales, I had to remain at this point, and spent a day and a 

 half examining the locality. All round the promontory, and 

 for a considerable distance on the Farm Cove side, the 

 striations are really wonderful and many boulders are tons 

 in weight ; the largest measured was 15ft. long by 6ft. wide 



