PREFACE. 



now, liowever, a very general desire that it should be 

 called Tasmania — in honour of Tasman, its original 

 discoverer ; this term has, therefore, also been used, 

 and hence has arisen the discrepancy of using two names 

 for one island. Even since the commencement of the 

 work, new colonics have sprung up, or the older ones 

 hav(; been divided ; thus the country now knowm as 

 Queensland was formerly part of New South Wales, 

 and Victoria was, until lately, Imown as Port Phillip. 



