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line there is more lasting honour to be gained than in fighting 

 the battles of the Old Country against half-armed savages. 

 No time is more opportune for such a demonstration than the 

 present, when the Colonies are so prominently before the 

 public of the world. We have shown the rapid progress of 

 our commerce and the vastness of our resources. We have 

 proved that in manly sports we can hold our own with all 

 comers ; now let us show that the old Anglo-Saxon love of 

 adventure is strong within us, and that although during our 

 infancy we were content to share the benefits of scientific 

 work, in our manhood we are ready to share the toil. 



The scientific world is anxious to see a renewal of Antarctic 

 exploration, and nothing would be more gratifying to them, 

 nothing will be more calculated to give the world an earnest 

 of our desire to help, than for Australia to take up this work. 

 Certain it is that it would be a standing disgrace to Australia 

 if she took no part in the exploration of the seas that wash 

 her own coasts. And if Australia determines to undertake 

 this work, I trust that this time Tasmania will act with 

 them. 



EEMABKS BEGAEDING COAL SEAM OPENED OUT 



BY ME. BROCK AT COMPTOE", OLD BEACH. 



By E. M. Johnston, E.L.S. 



Mr. Brock has recently sunk a shaft to a seam of coal, 



which he discovered indications of at sea margin a little 



north of Mount Direction. 



The seam, about two feet thick, exists under hard lami- 

 nated blue and grey shales containing abundant impresssions 

 of the following Mesozoic fossil plants : — 



Thinnfeldia obtusifolia 



Phyllotheca Hookeri 



„ Australia _ 



Pterophyllum Eisdonensis 



Zeugophyllites elongatus 



The shaft is sunk on the southern slope of the rounded 

 hill, capped with variegated sandstones, opposite Austin's 

 Perry, which rises to a height of about 300 feet. The sand- 

 stones, evidently, at one time had spread over the coal seam 

 with associated shales, and all seem to dip slightly in a 

 westerly direction — that is, towards the Mesozoic rocks of a 

 similar character situated on the western shore of the Der- 

 went. Towards the east, the sandstones either abut against 

 or are overlain by greenstones, forming the eastern slope of 

 the same isolated ridge. Beds of a similar character ex- 



B. M. Johnston 

 M'Coy 



B. M. Johnston 

 Moms,tBty abundant 



