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addition, that we have been unconscious of our duties towards 

 humanity. 



And here we must contend, that on the rising colonial community, 

 occupying the vast extent of magnificent land which poor Leich- 

 hardt under so many privations discovered, so lucidly described, 

 and so faithfully mapped (and which now yields millions 

 annually, to a highly prosperous population), more particularly 

 devolves the duty of initiating the final steps for disclosing 

 Leichhardt's fate ; moreover, the country to be traversed, for institut- 

 ing at least the earlier of these inquiries, lies within the precincts of 

 Queensland, a colony deeply indebted to Dr. Leichhardt. 



By patient perseverance the fate of Leichhardt can now be ascer- 

 tained, if the inquiry is supported by the resources which this great 

 country can well afford to devote for an object so noble. 



Future generations ought to have no cause or opportunity to cast 

 on the present citizens of Australia, the reproach of having been 

 unconscious of the claims of Ludwig Leichhardt — a man who 

 has never yet been replaced amongst us — a man of imperishable 

 greatness. 



David E. Wilkie, M.D., M.L.C. 

 Feed. Mueller, M.D., F.RS. 



Melbourne, October 10, 1864. 



III. 



THE CORRAJONG OR CORRAGINE SHRUB. 



[Communicated by the Surveyor-General to the Royal Society, March 1864.] 



This shrub grows plentifully on the top and upper sides of the 

 Strzelecki Ranges ; it likewise abounds on the Gipps Land Gold- 

 fields, and on the Dandenong Ranges, and attains a height of twenty 

 or twenty-five feet, and a diameter of stem of about two to three 

 inches. The bark, which is the most important part of the shrub, 

 strips most readily even to the points of the smallest twigs, by 

 cutting round the stem. 



It is doubtful whether a sufficient quantity of the bark could be 

 procured for rope-making, but I am induced to think that what 

 quantity there is may be applied to more valuable uses, as for the 

 making of hats, similar to Panama • paper-making, or even to the 

 manufacture of woven fabrics. 



The bark is highly prized by miners and others living in the 

 localities in which it abounds, affording as it does a cheap and 

 durable cordage, which is applied to almost innumerable uses. 



