effected at the mouths of the rivers and in the beds of 
the lakes. 
We regret that we had no opportunity of examining 
minutely and carefully all the features presented in the 
beds aud on the shores of these lakes. A chart showing 
the channels in the lakes, the mud and sandbanks which 
are constantly shifting, and the outline of the shores, 
which are also liable to change, would be of the highest 
interest to the geologist, and useful, too, to the navi¬ 
gator. • 
Along the shores of Lake King there were many plants 
growing that were new to us, and it is here the Govern¬ 
ment Botanist found some fine trees of Acronychia, a 
genus known in Eastern Australia and New Caledonia, 
and remarkable for its splendid wood aud the aromatic 
property common to this species. 
Now that Gippsland is likely in reality to become a 
part of Victoria, and not, as heretofore, an almost unknown 
territory, and only in some sense related to it, we would 
suggest that a careful survey be made of the lakes and 
the morasses which lie adjacent to them, and that steps 
be taken to reclaim, if practicable, some of the thousands 
of acres of rich lands that are now liable to inundation. 
The work of the survey of this tract should not be 
restricted to the laying down on plans of metes and 
bounds ; it should be undertaken by an engineer, assisted 
by a geologist, and the objects should be the reclamation 
of the waste lands, the improvement of the channels and 
river courses, and the investigation of the forces now in 
operation which are gradually but surely altering the 
physical structure of the Lake country. 
Such an enquiry would not be costly, and the results 
would be of incalculable value. 
