THE GEELONG NATURALIST. CERNS 
horizontality of the bedding of the strata is shewn by the rock 
“ Eagle’s Nest" standing out in the sea just off the lighthouse 
point. It can be at once seen how the action of the waves-and - 
weather have cut it off from the mainland. * Below tlie Eocene 
strata of the Eagle Rock and the cliffs opposite it, beds of basalt 
have been observed, and layers of basaltic fragments and decom- 
posed basalt."—(J. F. Mulder's Report). Just at the mouth of 
the creek, upon the cliff some 30 feet or more abovesea level, were — 
found beds of shells of a recent character, and evidently beings 
part of a raised beach. Passing along the coast towards Lorne, | 
the cliffs become lower and covered with sand dunes, thus 
affording only at intervals any sign of the geological strata. 
At Point Castries, however, the cliffs again appear, and present 
a different appearance to those at Airey’ s Inlet. The yellowish. 
colour has disappeared ; in place we havea greenish or brownish | . 
colored sandstone, saul thin irregular seams of coarser sand, and 
thinner seams of coal or carbonaceous matter, presenting . 
evidence of the mesozoic strata. This formation extends, with 
but few occasional interruptions, right along the coast to. Cape 
Otway. At places remarkable hard nodules of dense greenish- 
brown sandstone may be seen sticking out of the beds in the 
cliffs, or lying about on the beach. The nodules are of various, 
sizes, from the size of cannon balls and larger down to small. 
marbles. They are simply nodular concretions formed in the. 
sandstone beds. The rocks of this formation can be well seen, —— 
also up many of the rivers, as for example, at the Sanctuary, ——— 
Rapids, and Falls on the Erskine River. At many places, owing = —- 
to the similarity in colour these rocks could be easily mistaken — ^. — 
for basalt. With the exception of the vegetable impressions, 
and one or two freshwater shells (Unio Murrayi, and I think 
recently Unio Stirlingi), there are no fossils to be found in the - 
mesozoic rocks, and in this way contrast very strongly with the 
Hocene deposits at Airey's Inlet, which are one mass of shelly 
remains. Amongst the fossils found at Airey’s Inlet, the. ‘altar 
ing have been found and collected by Mr J. F. Mulder, who has. Vi 
kindly supplied the names :—Nehinobrissus (different species), 
Lovenia Forbesi, Monostychia Woodsiana (in thousands), 
.. Holaster Australis, Eupatagus Murrayanus, Hupatagus Sp. 
(new species), Spondylus, Terebratulak Vitreoides, Magasella oe 
Woodsiana and Compta, Rhynchonella Baileyana, Arachnoides _ 
Sp., Corals of all sorts among which is Lichenopora techticava. 
Upon the ornithology of the locality Mr. W. Shaw writes :— 
What strikes the traveller through the forest perhaps more than — 
anything else is the almost total absence of bird life. This is 
doubtless owing to the poor quality of the soil and corresponding 
vegetation. But when we reach Airéy’s Inlet all this to a very 
great extent is changed, and with the better land and more: 
luxuriant growth of timber, we find to our delight pirana in con- 
