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GENERAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Woodcut. — Diagram, showing the relations of Land and Water on 



the Surface of the Earth, . . .151 



Woodcut. — Fig. 1. Diagram of Man gany a Skull, . . . 224 



Fig. 2. „ ... 225 



Woodcut. — Fig. 1. Diagram section of ground on which Ballarat 



West is built, . . . . .410 



,, Fig. 2. Diagram to illustrate the varying rock strata cut 

 through by different mining companies. It 

 represents at the top the natural surface and 

 soil ; below this the dotted bed represents the 

 first rock come to, next, the shaded bed repre- 

 sents a bed of clay, then another bed, the 2d 

 rock, next, a bed of clay, below it the 3d rock, 

 next a bed of drift, and below it the 4th rock, 

 under which lies the gutter, the lowest shaded 

 portion forming the floor of the whole, being 

 the slaty reef, as it is termed — the original 

 surface of the country, . . . 412 



,, Fig. 3. Diagram of the run of several gold leads round 



Ballarat swamp, .... 414 



,, Fig. 4. Diagram showing section of a gutter with level 



shelf on one side, on which gold is often found, 415 



