INSULAR AUSTRALASIA. 



1217 



Between the Mountain and the north coast is a large area of comparatively Hat country, 

 and there seemed to be more population than on the south side. A large number of 

 mountains and peaks were named by the discoverer, the next highest to Mount Victoria 





PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 



being Mount Albert Edward, twelve thousand five hundred feet. Rivers could be seen, 

 but it was impossible to note which way they ran, as the country was low and nearly 



