long linos representing lis |eg« Own 

 a liltlc removed from SI there is the 



rendition ei r jeeond lizactt, equaltj 



ihm, measuring 1 2 in. in length with 

 legs 6 in. across; then another h/ard 

 design, ns body 10 in. and ils legs 4 

 ins long. Below it three lines ale 

 visible, all that remains of perhaps 

 another li/atd. 



Although they m 'he thinnest liz- 

 ards we have seen and look as il 

 drawn with u red pencil, there is no 

 rJOUbt lhat they were done In an 

 Ahoriginal, and they were accepted 

 us such by all of us. As I have 

 alreadv staled, Ihe fit si design is 

 covered by a green fungoid growth. 

 Which was extremely haul and winch 

 we found impossible to remove, and 

 Ihe other designs are pitted by Ihe 

 wearing and flaking of the rock face 



and discoloured and faded by (htl 

 elements. Their is no question thji | 



ihev an- old i he earth Boot ol u. 



shellei showed no sign of occupancy [ 

 or traces ol old fires; probably i| R i 

 a lanlv icecut washed-in door. 



Although the vicinity frhoinuK 

 with shelters, any of which could 

 have been Ihe recipient of drawing. 

 H pioli.uged and thorough scai'ii 

 failed to reveal ,mv further example 

 Il really looked as if the locality w;is 

 noi suned to leurds. as was jocularly 

 obseivcd by one of our party, as he 

 pOinlBd to Ihe allctmated and slaruj 

 looking examples before our eyes 

 Nevertheless Ian Smith's discovery I 

 has eonsrdeiably enlarged the ranyc 

 ol die li/aid style in these mouii 

 lainv 



II I I I K TO I UK (.1)1 1 OK 



Dear Sir. 



Mav I assure the Galeshill Hack 

 walkeis ( Via, Sal. 88 < 5 > : 129) lli.il 

 Ihe Elusive Lakes are neither ol 

 seasonal oecuircnce nor mirages. 

 They are very real, the main one. 

 t ake I liisive being tSS feel deep and 

 80 acres in surface area. Il is 

 approachable with some dilhciiltv \ i- 

 a four wheel drive track which leaves 

 the Wingan trail about a mile pasi 

 Ihe Galeshill track junction. The 

 other lake, unnamed as fur as I 

 know, is much smaller and quite 

 dilhcull ol access. 



Al present I am investigating die 

 limnology ol both lakes One inltigu 

 injj aspect is the long leim OllC&ua- 

 lions in water level in Lake Elusive. 

 Drowned trees give evidence of 

 much lower levels in Ihe hislorie 

 past: also wave-cut benches 6-10 feet 

 above the present level indicate higher 



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previous levels I would appreciate 

 hearing Irom any reader who has 

 visiicd Lake Llusive, so that the tint 

 ing of recent water level llueluations 

 cait l>e elucidated. 



Yours sincerely. 



a v. Iimms. 



Plate I 



