124 Letter from B. C. Gunn, Esq. 



" I have little doubt but that they had been dropped by 

 some inhabitant of Geelong, lay in the grass for some — not 

 very long — time, and fell to the bottom of the hole from the 

 surface after the excavation was made, the margin being 

 formed of a rather light, crumbling soil. 



" I expressed my views and opinions to Mr. La Trobe on 

 my return to Melbourne, and thought the whole question 

 had been considered as settled, until I saw a letter from 

 Mr. La Trobe in The Australasian of June 3rd, 1871, under 

 the heading, 'Port Phillip a Lake.' 



" Yours very faithfully, 



"R C. Gunn, F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. 



"F. J. PlRANI, Esq. 



"Secretary to the 

 Royal Society of Victoria." 



