26 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



must therefore have been derived to some extent from his field 

 notes. Hotham is named on this along with Latrobe, but both 

 are south of the 37th parallel, and consequently the positions do 

 not agree with my contention. However, as the Bogong Range 

 is marked in almost its present position, and Dr. Mueller 

 distinctly states that he ascended the two highest peaks of the 

 Bogong Range, I think I may be permitted to regard them as 

 wrongly placed, especially as Mt. Buller is undoubtedly in the 

 wrong place. 



I have constructed a sketch map of the Alps, as at present laid 

 down, on a scale of 4 miles to i inch, and have marked upon it 

 in brown the different mountains and names as given on 

 Proeschel's map, which, you will see, places the main chain of the 

 Alps considerably further south than shown on our latest maps. 



The next map, "Victoria, geologically coloured under the 

 direction of A. R. C. Selwyn, Government Geologist," dated 

 Lands Department, Melbourne, ist July, 1863, is on the scale of 

 8 miles to i inch. The only alpine mountains named are Howitt, 

 Selwyn, Twins, and Smyth, with the Bogong Range almost in its 

 present position. 



In 1865 the Department of Lands published a map of Victoria, 

 dated 3Tst March, on a scale of 16 miles to i inch. This is 

 photo. -lithographed by W. Collis, and is practically a reduction of 

 the previous map. Neither Hotham nor Feathertop is named. 



In 1866 was published Bailliere's " Atlas of Victoria," which 

 contains a map of the Murray and Gippsland districts engraved 

 at the Department of Lands, Melbourne. The names Bogong 

 and Hotham do not appear on this. Feathertop appears for first 

 time, Nelson is about the present position of Bogong, and Smyth 

 in the present position of Blowhard. 



In 1872 a "Sketch of a New Geological Map of Victoria," 

 under the direction of R. Brough Smyth, dated 20th Sep- 

 tember, was published, on a scale of 16 miles to i inch. On 

 this the position of the Alps is entirely wrong. Hotham is not 

 mentioned, and Nelson takes the place of Bogong. Other names 

 given are Feathertop, Twins, and Wills. 



In 1875 was published "Victoria," under the direction of A. J. 

 Skene, Surveyor-General, engraved by James Slight, and dated 

 October, 1875. This is on the scale of 16 miles to i inch, and 

 is practically our present map. This is the first map since 

 Proeschel's which contains the name of Hotham. Feathertop 

 and Bogong appear, while Smyth and Nelson are omitted. 



Another edition of this map, on the scale of 8 miles to i inch, 

 was published by the Lands Department in June, 1876, since 

 which the only alterations have been to mark the progress of 

 settlement in various directions. 



To show how unreliable are the maps published in standard 



