18L 



but appears to be S.E. and N.W. The scrub, composed of 

 Melaleuca uncinata, is very dense there, hindering all obser- 

 vations." 



Sections of strata traversed by wells made for and communi- 



cated by Mr. W\ Fowler, at Yarrow, in the Hundred of 



Clinton, on the west side of head of St. Vincent's 



Gulf :— 



No. 1. Section 315, Hundred of Clinton, in creek. Height 



of surface, 78 feet above high-water, determined by spirit level. 



Feet. Remarks. 



1. Bed loam and gravel ... 78 Brackish water 



2. Bock, an impure mixture Contains roots of trees, evi- 



of sand and lime ... 6 dently of mangroves 



Total 84 



"This well is nearly one mile from the sea, but the water found 

 on it is at exactly the same level as the sea at present. It also 

 shows that the sea must have been at the same level as now 

 when the mangrove roots, now fossil, Avere growing." "W. 

 Bowler. 



No. 2. Section 313, half-a-mile north-west of No: 1. Surface 

 136 feet above high-water by spirit level. 



Feet. Remarks. 



1. Bed clay 30 



2. Soft sandstone ... ... 100 Water found at 130 feet 



3. Very fine running sand 15 Sinking stopped by inflow of 



■ ■ water, not fresh, but good 



Total ... ... 145 enough for sheep 



No. 3. Section 275, in creek, one and a-half miles north of 

 No. 2. Surface 165 feet above high water. Yery brackish 

 water was reached at 165 feet from surface. The nature of 

 strata exactly as in No. 2 well. 



"Well section, at about ten to eleven miles west from Lake 

 Torrens, near YVhittata, communicated by Mr. H. 

 Lattorff : — 



Feet. 



1. Bright red sandy soil ... ... ... ... 3 



2. Soft red clay ... ... ... ... ..: 15 



3. Darker red sandy clay .. . ... ... ... 27 



4. Bine yellow reddish sand ... ... ... 13 



5. "Whitish sandy clay with ironstone boulders ... 12 



6. Bright yellow, white, blue, and then red clay-slate 5S 



Total ... ... ... ... 128 



