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miles in length. There is a narrow 
neck of land behind this beach, and on 
the other side of the neelc Hazard's Bay 
is met. This isthmus is generally low 
lying, and has a large fresh water la¬ 
goon upon it, hut behind the beach at 
Wineglass Bay there is a slight rise 
covered with low shrubs, adding con¬ 
siderably to the attractiveness of the 
scene. At the south end of the bay a 
creek runs down from Mount Freycinet. 
but at the time of our visit the month 
of this creek was blocked with sand, 
and the fresh water in it filtered 
through the beach into the sea. 
The vessel dropped anchor at about 
3.30 on Good Fridav afternoon, near 
the south end of the beaoh. The boats 
were at once lowered into the water, 
and the landing of the party, together 
with their impedimenta, was proceeded 
with. Tents were erected in two places, 
the larger camp, of some fifteen tents 
for the gentlemen, and at the end of 
the beach four were set up for the 
•adies 
The first meal in camp was served un¬ 
der slight difficulties, owing to the late 
arrival at the camp site, but during the 
next day much was done towards put¬ 
ting the camp in order, and breakfast 
and dinner were afterwards served in a 
manner lx'fitting so important a camp 
of the club. At one meal a menu card 
was even presented to the delighted 
diners. A novel feature of the camp 
was the fact that a bugle sounded early 
each morning, and was also employed 
to eall members to the meals, 
Tlie whole party ra'lied round the 
camp fire each evening, when enjoyable 
socials wore held. Tliere were many in 
the party who attended in other inter¬ 
ests than those of science, and a camp 
fire social appeals to everyone, whether 
naturalist, or not. Once Mr. Hall 
spoke on some of our native birds for a 
little while and another time Mr. Tarle- 
ton gave hr an account of his meeting 
u T ith the Kelly gang while he was man¬ 
ager of a hank in New South “Wales. 
Members sang solos and choruses, and 
also recited, and Mr. H. Richardson 
supplied cornet solos. On Faster Sun¬ 
day evening hymns were sung. 
On Saturday morning members woke 
to the varied calls of the hush, or else 
to the break of the slight swell upon 
the bench. Later on the steamer was 
used for dredging in Wineglass Bay for 
several hours, hut the shells token were 
very few; neither were the results of 
dredging rich in other invertebrate life, 
but of this Mr. Flynn will treat later. 
On Saturday afternoon the vessel pro¬ 
ceeded round the Lemon Rock at the 
entrance to the bay, where we had 
some deep sea fishing for several hours. 
Perch, rock cod, and gurnard were in 
largest numbers amongst the fish caught. 
Others who had not gone in the vessel 
busied themselves with their various 
hobbies, or else, forming themselves 
into parties, and taking their lunch, 
visited the many places of interest, such 
as Mount Freycinet, Hazard’s and Cole’s 
Bays, and the hills on every side, which 
needed a fair amount of labour to as¬ 
cend. During other days in came each 
party, hearing of the joys of places not 
yet visited, used every endeavour to see 
as much as possible in the all too short 
time that remained, and make the most 
of the glorious weather tlmt prevailed. 
Some were more inclined to keep in the 
neighbourhood of the camp, content 
with the charming scene around them, 
or busily depicting on canvas the 
beauties of the place. 
Those who were fond of fishing were 
continually out in the boats, and en¬ 
ough fish were caught for an even larger 
party. Real trumpeter were taken in 
the kelp near the camp, besides other 
fish above named, and crayfish were 
taken at both ends of the beach. Men¬ 
tion must be made of a large blue 
pointer shark, which ran itself ashore 
while chasing fish amongst the kelp. 
It was seen from the steamer when 
about to commence dredging, and two 
boats were sent to the scene, and hav¬ 
ing killed the shark, it was taken on 
board, and later towed to the beach 
near the camp. It measured some 
seven feet in length. 
On Easter Monday a strong easterly 
wind blew right into the boy, with suf¬ 
ficient strength to make further dredg¬ 
ing impossible, so that those who had 
been looking forward to this were com¬ 
pelled to occupy themselves otherwise. 
It was decided to make a big effort 
to leave camp early on Tuesday morn¬ 
ing. so that the canal might bo reach¬ 
ed before it became too late to pass, 
and to the credit of all, it may be said 
that this was done, the boating of the 
luggage commencing before sunrise, and 
the boats returned to the steamer for 
the last time before 9 a.m., when the 
return trip was immediately started 
upon. 
The natural history work will be dealt 
