1872.] 



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mens from either locality being nndistinguishable the one from the 

 other ; while the same barren sandy soil, the same hostile Spinifex, 



Fig. 4. — Sketch section of the Upper Valley of the Victotna River 

 (by A. Gregory, Esq., Surveyor-General of Queensland). 



a. Desert Sandstone. h. Basalt. 



c. Hard sandstones and grey and blue slates (Devonian?). 



the same fatal poison-plant, mark its presence from Perth to Cape 

 York. 



In Queensland the Upper beds are fo'ruginous, white and mottled 

 sandy clays, the lower being coarse alternating grits and conglome- 

 rates; the extreme observed thickness has not exceeded 400 feet. 



Fig. 5. — Section of '^ Desert Sandstone" Betts CreeJc, Northern 

 Queensland. 







A characteristic view of the Upper Desert Sandstone beds is shown 

 in Betts Creek (Fig. 5). 



Whether these are marine, lacustrine, or estuarine deposits there is 

 hardly sufficient evidence to show, the enclosed drift wood, as before 

 observed, giving no clue. 



