GAL THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
to be very ravenous, and take their food very quickly, owing to 
the continuous flow of the sea. The kangaroos, which were 
frequently seen in the neighborhood, were alltoo wild to get 
within shooting distance, so that our. hopes for kangaroo tail 
Soup, or steak for dinner, were only raised to to dashed to the 
ground. We spent one day very pleasantly by walking to Lorne, 
along the coast, a distance of 12 miles from our tents, but owing 
to our limited time and the prospect of the return journey, we 
visited only the Rapids and the Sanctuary. But Airey's Inlet 
has its own attractions. as in one valley between the Ranges, we 
visited two very pretty spots on the creek where the water has a 
fall of about 46 feet, and the other was not quite so high. 
These were surrounded by large granite boulders, and numerous 
tree ferns with varieties of smaller ones, growing along the 
creek, which made the spot very romantic. I should think that 
with a small amount of search in the numerous valleys, many: 
. such spots could be found, and thereby add greatly to the present 
. attractions of Airey's Inlet. 
Mr. R. Moseley adds :—Our flag, which consisted of white . 
calico, with the words “Gordon College Field Naturalists " 
printed in large blue letters, was hoisted to the top of a tall tree 
near by We also fastened a similar fabric in front of the green 
bower leading into our tents, given one the impression that we 
had taken possession of the surrounding country in the nutne of 
our Club. We did not feel quite such monarchs of all we sur- 
veyed " next day, when a selector came round and informed us 
that we were encamped on his private property. Of course we 
thought we were on Crown land, and were profuse in our 
apologies to the selector, who seemed to melt straightway on 
reading our formidable signboard and doorplate, jof “ Gordon 
College Field Naturalists and Science Club," so I reckon there 
is something in a name after all. Of course we were allowed to 
remain on the property, our host also volunteering lots of infor- 
mation about the surrounding country, likely place for sport, 
ete. It was while cutting some ferns to make our beds a little 
softer, that we came across our first snake, rather nicely marked, 
and supposed to belong to the brown species. It took refuge in 
a hollow log, which we speedily split open with a tomahawk, 
and dislodged the reptile, which was quickly despatched by 
blows from our sticks. It was afterwards skinned and dissected 
by the taxidermist of the party, as I understand that a young 
lady of romantic tastes had expressed a wish to have her slim 
waist encircled by a belt made from thesnake. While wander- 
ing along the beach, one of our party was fortunate enough to 
pick a nautilus shell (argonauta argo), but owing to its having 
- been washed up amongst the rocks it was slightly damaged, but 
nevertheless was much prized by the finder, Altogether we 
spent our holiday ina real “live” manner, shooting, fishing, 
