H.M.S. "DART" AND THE MACROSSAN RANGE 701 



is designated the HIGH RANGE. On its crest, from south to north, 

 eminences of 1,610, 1,365, 1,250 and 910 feet are distinguished, 

 and the GRASSY HILLS (485 feet) lie to the east, close to the coast. 



The last portion of the Macrossan Range to receive a distinctive 

 name lies between 13 and 12 55' S., and is called HEMING RANGE.* 

 Its prominent peaks are named BARE HILL (267 feet), CLEVELAND 

 HILL (about 600 feet), HEMING PEAK (1,020 feet), NORTH PEAK 

 (780 feet) and an unnamed peak (about 800 feet) between the two 

 last. 



From North Peak, the continuation of the range north-north- 

 eastward for 5 miles to CAPE DIRECTION (12 51' S.) is indicated 

 on the chart by a narrow ridge. A " clump " of 306 feet is shown 

 in 12 54' S., while the last 2 miles contain a peak distinguished as 

 DIRECTION HILL (490 feet) and another (unnamed) of 375 feet. 



The only justification, in custom or ethics, for the deliberate 

 cutting up of a range, 47 miles in length, which had stood on 

 official maps for at least sixteen years and whose limits had been de- 

 fined in Parliamentary Papers, into nine different ranges would be 

 that the new names were bestowed in ignorance of the name by 

 which the range was already known ; but this suggestion is con- 

 tradicted by the fact that the original name is allowed to stand on 

 the chart, although restricted to 10 nautical miles. 



I should be the last to deny the right of surveyors to give 

 distinctive names to eminences which they for the first time chart 

 with accuracy, provided they have not already been named, but 

 to make NINE RANGES out of a single range is beyond all reason : 

 even the imprimatur of the Royal Navy cannot alter an established 

 fact. The original quasi-generic name of MACROSSAN RANGE must 

 stand for the whole ; but segments of the range, although they 

 may contain distinguishable eminences, have no claim to be 

 recognised by more than quasi-specific names. Having been 

 improperly named " ranges," they must be reduced in status to 

 " hills " or " heights." In future maps, the names, from south 

 to north, should read : EMBLEY, HOWARD, ADAM and MESTON 

 HEIGHTS, VALLEY HILLS and CHESTER, HIGH AND HEMING HEIGHTS. 



It may be taken for granted that MAY and HAZELGROVE REEFS, 

 in Lloyd Bay, were named respectively after the Lieutenant and 

 Boatswain of the " Dart." 



The legend or title of Sheet 2920 of the Admiralty Chart 

 issued on 24th November, 1879,* shows that the " Dart " was 

 surveying in 1896 between Cape Weymouth (Restoration Island) 

 and Cape Direction. [SEE MAPS B AND C AND ADMIRALTY CHARTS, 

 Nos. 2920 (3140) AND 2921.] From the absence of any indication 



1 Lieutenant Heming commanded the " Paluma " in 1893. 



(Second half of title) " South of Restoration Island Surveyed by Lieutenant- 

 Commander W. V. S. Howard, assisted by Lieutenants J. F. Parry, R. W/Glennie, Sub- 

 Lieutenant May and Mr. W. Hazelgrove, Boatswain, H.M. Surveying Ship ' Dart,' 

 1896." 



