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correct outline (as regards shape) of the Victorian coast so far as 

 he went. He discovered, but did not name, Wingan Inlet, 

 Wilson's Promontory, Waratah Bay, Cape Liptrap, Venus Bay, 

 Cape Patterson, Phillip Island, and a number of the islands about 

 Wilson's Promontory ; whilst, in addition to Western Port, Sealer's 

 Cove, Corner Inlet, and the Seal Island group (Cliffy Island, &c.), 

 were named, as well as discovered, by him. Flinders states that 

 he named Cape Woolamai, which he undoubtedly discovered. 



It was for many years thought that Bass' Chart of Western 

 Port was lost, but the writer recently was so fortunate as to dis- 

 cover a reproduction of it, by Arrowsmith, which will be repro- 

 duced by the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical vSociety 

 of Australasia, in connesion with the wi'iter's paper on Mr. Bass. 

 The chart shows that, whilst not so skilful a marine surveyor as 

 Flinders, Bass fully utilized the time he spent in Western Port, 

 and made a chart, or eye sketch as he termed it, which compares 

 favorably as regards accuracy of shape with that of Barallier, and 

 also with the work of the French surveyors of the Baudin expedi- 

 tion. The scale, however, is in error, probably owii^ to a 

 draughtsman's mistake, distances being nearly 50 per cent, greater 

 than the chart scale would indicate. 



As to point of time, Lieutenant Grant, in the Lady 

 Nelson, is the next explorer on our Victorian coast-line. 

 His voyage from Great Britain to Australia in such a 

 small schooner must appeal to us as a piece of bold navi- 

 gation, but, as a marine surveyor, Grant cannot be said to have 

 displayed great ability; his " eye sketch " or chart of the Vic- 

 torian coast-line (which, instead of being on Mercator's projection, 

 as is customary, is on the rectangular one) being very crude. O;- 

 his voyage out he discovered and named Cape Northumberland, 

 Mounts Gambier and Schank,^ Cape Bridgewater, Cape Nelson, 

 Cape Sir William Grant, Lawrence Rocks, Lady Julia Percy 

 Island, Cape Albany, Cape Otway, Cape Danger (probably th^ 

 Storm Point of the present charts and the Cape Patton of Flinders' 

 charts), and Cape Patton; whilst he named the following places, 

 which had previously been discovered by Bass: — Cape Liptrap, 

 Glennies Islands, Rodondo Island, Moncur's Lsland, and Curtis ' 

 Island. On his voyage, Grant did not sight any of the coast 

 between Capes Patton and Liptrap. Considering the distortion of 

 Grant's chart, it is surprising to find that the positions he assigned 

 to these points are as close as they are to those given for them on 

 the present Admiralty charts, the principal discrepancy, being in 



longitude, was due to error of his one chronometer. 



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1 On our map3 and charts, &c., this name is usually spelt " Schanck," being the spelling adopted 

 by Flinders and used in Historical Records of New South Wales. Grant, who named both the 

 Mount and the Cape, generally spelt it " Schanlt " although once in his bool£ he spells th name 

 "Schancli" Mr. E. A. Petherick, F.E.G.S. Ac, Commonwealth Archivist, states that he has 

 inspected documents which show that the proper spelling is "Schank." 



