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of the elephant are about four inches in width of crown. In 
a collection of fossil remains of extinct Australian animals, 
the writer has handled one portion of jawbone in which the 
crown of the molar was about three inches wide, not much 
inferior to the elephant in size. An interesting account of | 
this animal is given by Sir F. McCoy—size of a hippopotamus, 
vegetable feeder, standing on its hind feet and grasping with 
its powerful fore-paws an average tree, it would sway back: 
wards and forwards till the tree at last gave way, although 
sometimes the poor animal unfortunately broke his skull, 
owing to the unexpected fall of the tree. 
One peculiar deposit remains for a few remarks. 
'The visitor to Warrnambool cannot fail to notice the 
white, soft, easily-shaped stone which forms the subsoil of the 
district, and with which the greater part of the town has 
been built. This so-called freestone is volcanic ash, probably 
deposited in water and settling calmly, so that it has some- 
what the appearance of a genuine aqueous rock. 
To conclude, I must apologise for having merely touched 
on a few points of interest, and if the members feel any further 
curiosity about the district, | would earnestly urge them to 
visit for themselves a district unique in Victoria. For each 
and all the members of our Association, I have a very cordial 
invitation from. Mr. Peters of Camperdown, to inspect his 
large collection of fossils and curios whenever they may visit 
that town. 
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE BOTANY OF THE 
BELLARINE DISTRICT. 
From OCEAN GROVE TO CLIFTON SPRINGS. 
By W. R. GUILFOYLE, 
Director Melbourne Potanical Gardens. 
Tue flora of Bellarine, even briefly described, would probably 
make a fair-sized volume. ‘That portion of the district, how- 
ever, between the Barwon river or Lake Connewarre and 
Clifton Springs, yields a. vegetation highly interesting in 
itself, and far more varied in character than at first sight 
might be supposed, and is remarkable rather for its variety 
of shrubs and herbaceous plants, than for its trees. No less 
