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of the stream and proving that the creek is an old one. The road 

 reaches a height of about three hundred feet above Bathurst and 

 then descends to Clear Creek, where we are again at about the 

 level of the city. Here, the rocks consist of micaceous schists, 

 passing to less altered slates higher up the creek ; dykes of 

 felstone also come in and pebbles of Devonian rocks, Brachiopod 

 Sandstone, may be picked up showing the existence of beds of 

 Devonian age near the head of the creek. Where the Limekilns 

 road crosses, the granite does not show out, but is probably not 

 far from the surface, as it may be found between this point and 

 Peel. Beyond Clear Creek, the road runs roughly north east for 

 about tw T o miles, then nearly due north for about the same distance, 

 steadily rising the while, and being roughly parallel to a small 

 creek known by the unpoetical name of "Bread and Butter." Pass- 

 ing beyond this, it makes a wide bend around a place marked 

 Limekilns on the official map of the parish of Jesse, but which is 

 some distance from the locality usually so called; nor does there 

 appear to be any limestone in the neighbourhood, although there 

 may once have been kilns for lime burning in the vicinity. The 

 highest point on the road is about eight hundred feet above 

 Bathurst, and it then descends rapidly to Limekilns proper. Near 

 the top there is a quarry for road metal which offers a good 

 opportunity of taking the dip and strike of the black slates which 

 make up almost all the hill. I found them to strike S.S.E. — 

 N.N.W., dip E.N.E. 35°. 



On reaching the foot of the hill, we find ourselves opposite the 

 " Rising Sun " Inn, kept by Mr, Thomas Tobin. This forms a 

 good starting point for examining the Limekilns area, and numer- 

 ous determinations by aneroid give the altitude of the road in 

 front as just about five hundred feet higher than Bathurst. 

 Standing at the door of the inn we look towards the valley of 

 Cheshire Creek, or Jesse Creek as it is sometimes called about 

 here, a tributary of the Wimburndale. . The back of the house 

 looks up a broad valley dividing the hills down which we have 

 just come from those containing the limestone, which are farther 



