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the Museum was inspected and the arrangement of its con- 

 tents noted. The ethnological collections, the magnificently - 

 mounted specimens of Australian fauna, and the little aquaria 

 were all greatly admired. 



On June 5, 1916, the members spent the day at Hallett's 

 Cove, under the leadership of Mr. Walter Howchin, F.G.S. 

 Under his capable guidance the party was shown the permo- 

 <carboniferous glacial till of Hallett's Cove and the famous 

 scratched pavement, still bearing evidences of the movement 

 of the ice and furnishing silent, yet powerful, testimony to 

 the remote existence of glaciers in this locality. The erratics 

 brought by the ice from the south and east were examined, 

 and many other interesting geological and physiographical 

 features of interest were discussed. 



On June 24, 1916, the Outer Harbour was visited, 

 where, under the leadership of Mr. W. J. Kimber, the 

 members found many objects of interest on Snowden Beach. 

 The leader gave an informative address on the' main types of 

 shells, their characteristics, and their modes of growth, illus- 

 trated by carefully-selected and prepared type specimens, as 

 well as by the shells collected by the members during the 

 afternoon. 



On July 15, 1916, Mr. R. Llewellyn led a large party 

 along the beach from the Grange to the Semaphore. The 

 tide was unfortunately extraordinarily high, and few speci- 

 mens of value were secured, but the leader, by means of 

 specimens and carefully-executed diagrams, indicated the 

 broad lines of classification of seaweeds and explained their 

 various methods of fructification and reproduction. 



August 12, 1916, proved very inclement, and but few 

 members braved the elements. They were met by Mr. E. 

 Ashby on the Blackwood railway platform and shown through 

 his gardens, especially admiring the section devoted to the 

 native flora of South Australia, where there were several varie- 

 ties of orchids and other native plants in bloom. An adjourn- 

 ment to Mr. Ashby's study enabled the members present to 

 look over and admire his fine herbarium, collected from vari- 

 ous parts of Australia. Following on this inspection, the 

 members were treated to a lecturette on some orders of 

 Australian birds, the points being brought out by the actual 

 handling of specimens from Mr. Ashby's large collection. 



On September 9, 1916, members motored to the hills 

 above Teatree Gully. The leader (Mr. W. H. Selway) had 

 chosen a most picturesque arid productive part of the scrub 

 for the walk, and members found a wealth of floral beauty 

 on which to feast their eyes, as well as giving them the 

 opportunity of securing needful specimens. Ten varieties of 



