Much interest has been manifested in Victoria over the case of M. Dwyer, a j settler of Warragal, who was lost for eight days in the bush. - On the eighth day the rescuers mustered to, the number of 65 early in the morning at the main camp in the bush, and they. then arranged themselves right along the bash track ttaversed by the missing man ' on horseback. The men were stationed about ten yards apart, and thus arranged they swept the dense forest in a line j covering about COO yards at a time. The work was very arduous, owing to the pre cipitous nature of the country and the dense growth of underwood and scrub. It was only by means of prearranged signals and constant firing that the men were able to keep in touch with one an other, as it was impossible to bog into the bash more than a few yards. About noon a muster was called, and while the men were taking refreshments a man mounted on horseback came galloping along the track. He turned out to be one of a couple of surveyors, and he brought the cheering tidings that he and his companion had discovered the missing man. The surveyor's story waa an interesting one. ' He and his companion were engaged - in their work when they heard a low tap ping in the forest. Wondering what caused it, they called aloud, "Hello ; is anyone there I" There was no response to their call, and a succession of " coo-eea " bad no more successful result. Still, at intervals, regular and irregular, the tap ' ping continued, and recognising that it was like nothing they hud ever heard before in the buuh, they determined to make an investigation. It was fortu nate they did so. Moving back from the track, and penetrating a bit of ■ beavy scrub, they came upon the miss ing man. When they approached him be looked at them vacantly and with out understanding, and went on again with hie tapping of the log. He was evidently partially demented, and, fearing to excite or frighten him, the surveyors. waited a moment or two, wondering what was best to be done. They had not long. to wait. 