78 A RECTIFICATION IN THE CARTOGRAPHY OF N.-E. TAS. 



R.S. TAS. 



The position, therefore, as regards the correct oro- 

 graphy of that part of Tasmania is that a new name is now 

 required for the so-called Saddleback, this appellation be- 

 ing left as a "vernacular" in the George River district, as 

 the title ''Albert" pertaining to it as the mountain adjoin- 

 ing Victoria cannot be interfered with. 



It is therefore suggested and recommended that a 

 Scotch title (Tasmania being looked on as the Scotland 

 of the South) be given, and that there be another "Ben" 

 added to Ben Lomond and Ben Nevis, which arei closely as- 

 sociated with the mountain in question. Ben Nevis in 

 Scotland is the western termination of the great Grampian 

 Range, which contains to the eastward other "Bens," prom- 

 inent among them being Ben Avon. It therefore seems ap- 

 propriate that tihe Tasmanian mountain standing to the 

 eastward of our Ben Nevis should V)e i,nven that good old 

 Scotch name. It is hoped that this title will be acceptable 

 to the Department of Lands and Surveys. 



Note added by the Author 13th May, 1913.— T\\^ name Ben Av«n elicited 

 some opinion at the meeting as to the advisalnlity of further duplication of 

 Scotch names in Tasmanian'geography. Tlie adoption of British names for this 

 purpose in Tasmania and other Australian States has, however, _ been largely 

 the rule under "Crown Government" from early days of colonisation; and may 

 be taken as a happy indication of our loyalty to the Mother country. Never- 

 theless in the present instance the title "Ben Esk" might be more appropriate 

 and would equally harmonise with the nomenclature desired by the author for 

 the three mountains in question, which are so prominently associated in our 

 North-eastern orographical system. 



