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commercial value, but for small purposes 
it is sought after. Besides the Bast Coast 
of Tasmania it is found in South Austra¬ 
lia, Victoria, New South Wales, and 
Queensland. The plant suffers from a 
superfluity of scientific names. Robert 
Brown, in his "Prodromus, calls it.Cal- 
litris rhomboideo. Another of the front 
rank authorities whose works the aspir¬ 
ing botanist has to take cognisance of, 
Ventinat. named it C. cupressiformis. 
Mirbel, considering that the generic name 
Callitris being very like the genus, Caly- 
thrix of Myrtacere, might cause confusion, 
suggested the name Frenela. According 
to nim, Oyster Bar Pine is Frenela ven- 
tenaii. Then Endlieher, considering Mir¬ 
bel might be justified in altering the gen¬ 
eric, but not the specific, designation, 
named the plant Frenela rhomboidea. 
Other men have given the unhappy plant 
seven other names, hut they are fortun¬ 
ately sinking into obscurity. Let us do 
nothing to resuscitate them. Amongst 
ferns, the three common Gleiclienias and 
Schipen fistulosa, were found. Crypto- 
gamic flora of this region is not copious. 
The phosphorescent Pleurotus was abund¬ 
ant, and a poisonous looking Strobilomy- 
ees\ that turned a deep blue green where 
fractured, entertained gatherers, but fun¬ 
gus parasites were hardly found. Vegeta¬ 
tion seemed too hardy to entertaiu 
them.' 
The club has been keenly interested in 
having Freycinel Peninsula set aside as a 
permanent reserve, and this locality was 
chosen for the camp partly on this ac¬ 
count—we wanted to see for on 1 selves 
whether the. place was suitable. 
We had been told before we left, by pro¬ 
minent men who had been there, that kan¬ 
garoo and wallaby abounded, and that in 
a walk of half a mile a dozen or so would 
he seen, yet not more than five or six 
kangaroo and wallaby were seen altogether 
by the forty members of our camp during 
the stay. 
Mr. Edward Cotton (who has himself 
worked hard to have this properly reserv¬ 
ed), writing to me on December 11, 190.), 
stated that it was late to reserve the place, 
as ‘‘many thousands of native game had 
been killed last season,” The words “many 
thoui-unds" give no accurate idea of the 
slaughter that occurred, but the possible 
number killed in this district, namely, 
over 40,000, readily accounts for the few 
seen by our party The police officer from 
Swansea visited the camp on Easter Mon¬ 
day, and in conversation informed u* that 
.£',">,000 worth of skins came from the Swan¬ 
sea district in 1605. Taking the average 
price paid to be 2*. per lb., and the aver¬ 
age weight per skin to be lib. (supposing 
tne numbers of kangaroo and wallaby to be 
equal), we find that this represents the 
slaughter of 50,000 head of game; or, if 
we include in the .£5,000 for "skins” a 
number of opossum at a higher value, we 
have at least, say. 40,000 animals killed. 
One can hardly conceive of a greater 
number being taken in one small district 
in Tasmania. 
We question whether money obtained 
from hunting is of any real benefit to the 
State, as it produces a roving and thrift- 
jess life amongst many of those pursuing 
it, and places beyond restraint a number 
who, for the future maintenance of law 
and order, had better be given no such 
inducement to keep from the bounds of 
civilisation; by prohibiting the export of 
skins of our native mammals, except in a 
manufactured condition (a suggestion by 
one of our members, Mr. A. R. Reid), 
tlien sufficient protection wou’d, wp be¬ 
lieve, be given to the native fauna of our 
island. If the prohibition of the export of 
skins was nof considered desirable, the 
same ends could he gained equally well by 
making the snaring of game a penalty un¬ 
der the Game Protection Act, as all the 
animals are captured by snaring when 
their skins are sought. 
To confine our remarks to the Schotit- 
ens, it must he said thut the peninsula 
readily adapts itself to the formation of a 
natioual-pai k and game-re-erve, where 
our native animals could enjoy life with¬ 
out fear of molestation, and wild-fowl re¬ 
sort to the lagoons to add greatly to the 
general interest. 
A fence could easily be put across the 
narrow neck between Coles and Sleepy 
Bays. In the photo, "View from head of 
Coles Bay, showing mountains at rear of 
comp,” the best spot, where such a fence 
could commence is shown, namely, at the 
corner of the beach, far here the rocks go 
straight down into deep water. At the 
back of the beach there is a considerable 
area of open, swampy ground, which rises 
slightly towards Sleepy Bay, still keeping 
fairly clear, and finally dips down to the 
cliffs on the ocean side, and, in taking the 
photo of Sleepy Bay, Mr Beattie doubt¬ 
less, stood on the exact spot where the 
eastern extremity of the boundary fence 
could best end—ou the top of cliffs 50ft. 
high. 
This fence would be under one mile in 
length, and a carefully-prepared estimate 
Mr. Cotton sent me shows that it would 
cost no more than .£41, or JE66 with two 
widths wire netting. The expense would 
only be a little more to run the boundary 
fence along the bank of the beach 60 as to 
enclose the large swampy hollow, which 
would be a valuable acquisition to the re¬ 
serve, the land being no good for agricul¬ 
ture. This place is very hghtlv timbered, 
and after a few years of protection kan¬ 
garoo would again teem as in former 
times, 
