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works of reference, let me briefly refer to a few which have come 

 under my notice recently. 



CoUins's " International Atlas " (1873) contains a map of New 

 South Wales and Victoria by J. Bartholomew, a recognized 

 chartographer, in which Buller is entirely wrong, and Hotham, 

 the only mountain named in the vicinity, takes the place of our 

 Bogong. 



Chambers's " Encyclopaedia " (1874) map of Victoria, by W. 

 and A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh. Only peaks given are Hotham 

 and Latrobe, corresponding to the present Feathertop and 

 Battery. 



"Blair's History of Australasia" (Edinburgh, 1879) contains a 

 map of Victoria by W. and A. K. Johnston ; places Hotham 

 in present position of Bogong and Latrobe in position of 

 Wills ; names Mitchell's Plateau — Mt. Buller is entirely wrong, 

 should be Cobbler ; and calls the Horn (Buffalo Peak) Mt. 

 Aberdeen. 



"Chambers's Encyclopedia (1895) map of Victoria, by J. 

 Bartholomew. Hotham in place of Feathertop, and Latrobe in 

 place of Battery ; while Tovvnsend (Kosciusko group) is entirely 

 wrongly placed. 



My last reference will be to the maps accompanying Dr. 

 Lendenfeld's " Report on an Exploration of the Australian Alps," 

 already quoted. This contains two maps. The one of South- 

 Eastern Australia, taken from Petermann's map of Aiistralia, 

 contains several old names, and shows one or two important 

 errors — thus, Buller is in wrong place. The other map of Mt. 

 Bogong and the surrounding ranges (4 miles to i inch) seems 

 to be reliable. Unfortunately, it does not include Hotham or 

 Feathertop. Mt. Nelson (height not given) is shown about 5 

 miles S.S.E. of Bogong, in a line with Mt. Battery, about 20 miles 

 distant, while Mt. Wills (5,738 feet) is about 10 miles E.S.E. 

 This map gives an excellent outline of the Bogong High Plains, 

 which have an average elevation of over 5,500 feet. From these 

 references you will see that the fixing of the original Mt. Latrobe 

 is a difficult matter. Singularly enough, the majority of the maps 

 drawn in England — the data, of course, must have been obtained 

 from here — make Hotham and Latrobe appear as peaks of the 

 Bogong, and therefore support my contention that the original 

 Hotham is the present Bogong, and Nelson or Wills was Dr. 

 Mueller's Latrobe. 



The question at this date may not be very important, but it is 

 nevertheless interesting in its bearing on the evolution of the map 

 of Victoria. 



In conclusion, I would add that Dr. Mueller made other trips, 

 which are mentioned in his later reports, but only meagre details 



