296 Proceedings. 



This river runs from a swampy plain, about Mount Hemskirk. Its banks abound 

 with pine* of the very best quality, also with lightwoodf and myrtle. | At 

 some distance towards its source is a very high clear hill, from the top of which 

 I had a full view of all the country around. Notwithstanding the dangerous 

 entrance, it still ie practicable to get timber there, should it become scarce at 

 Macquarie Harbour. The land about is sterile, but not so much so as all to 

 to the southward of it. Being anxious to know if such land did exist to the 

 northward of this river as has been represented, 1 sent Carrott, accompanied 

 by two men, to examine the land, and to travel as far as Cape Grim, whilst I 

 proceeded along the coast with the boats. 



" Near West Point, on the south side, there is a river in lat. 41 ° 3', similar 

 to Pieman's River, with a bar, mouth, and an entrance equally dangerous. 

 We carried the boat along the beach into the river, and then went up 15 miles 

 to the Falls. 



" The water, like that of Pieman's River, is deep and salt up to the first 

 falls, even at this dry season. 



" This river rises from the low country around Mount Norfolk. The 

 timber here consists of very fine stringy bark, gums, &c., with a few lightwood 

 trees. The soil is barren and little fit for any purpose, with exception of a 

 few potatoes ; nearly a mile inland there is a light sandy soil, covered with 

 grass." 



The Secretary read extracts from the Annals of Natural History, 

 giving an account of a Tasmanian Cowry sent home by R. C. 

 Gunn, Esq., described at a meeting of the Zoological Society of 

 London by J. E. Grey, Esq., F.R.S., which sold for £30. Mr. 

 Milligan exhibited a shell of the same description (but less perfect), 

 obtained by him on the east coast of Flinders' Island, 



The Secretary read a note from Mr. Gunn, stating that the 

 (Petaurus sciureus) flying squirrel of Port Phillip has become 

 naturalised in Tasmania. 



Mr. Milligan mentioned that the London Times of 21st May 

 reports the safe arrival there of the two living specimens of Thylacinus 

 cyanocefhalus hyena, or tiger of Tasmania, sent home last year by 

 Mr. Gunn and Dr. James Grant. It is the first instance of this 

 animal having been imported alive into England or Europe. 



The Secretary read a paper by Sir W. Denison, commenting upon 

 the operations of the Annandale Farmers' Club, recently reported in 

 the Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, from which it 

 appears that an extensive series of experimental observations of 

 great exactness and value have been carried out by practical farmers 



* Huon pine {Dacrydium Franklinii). 



f Lightwood, or blackwood CAcacia melanoxylon^. 



\ Myrtle {^Fagus Cunninghatnii), 



