BY A. MONTGOMERY, M.A. 



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"°r has a landslip blocked the exit from a valley, and so formed 

 a lake? 



_ There are any number of other points on which informa- 

 tion, would be useful, sometimes purely in the cause of science, 

 but oftener, perhaps, on account of their bearing on the 

 mining industry ; but in rapidly traversing the district as I 

 did, it was of course impossible that I could take any note of 

 nme-tenths of them, For example, I had no time to look for 

 fossils, though some of the localities passed through are 

 evidently rich in them, and if one had the opportunity of 

 examining them, doubtless many discoveries would result. A 

 cutting in the main road close to the Government township 

 of Mount Zeehan is especially rich, and will doubtless be 

 niuch visited by collectors on account of its easy accessibility, 

 "he sandstones between the Heazlewood and Whyte Rivers 

 a re also fossiliferous. 



In conclusion, I have to say that these notes are given for 

 What they may be worth as to the facts related in them, for I 

 confess I attach no importance to any theories I have indulged 

 ln > and am quite prepared to find that further exploration 

 w ill disprove them, or cause them to be altered beyond 

 recognition. If I have succeeded in drawing your attention 

 to the extent and variety of the geological harvest that stands 

 waiting to be gathered, I shall have done all that I can hope 

 * or at present. 



■o-t some future time, after the more elaborate examination 

 ot these districts, which, as time goes on, I hope to have 

 opportunities of making, I trust that I may have the honour 

 °^ bringing under your notice solutions of some of the 

 problems that to-night I have only been able to mention as 

 listing. 



