392 RECOGNITION BEND. 



the Chapman or Greenough of Captain Grey; 

 but here finding that a branch trended southwards, 

 I was convinced it was the latter, and gave this 

 part the name of Recognition Bend, as it further 

 led to my discovering that Captain Grey had mis- 

 taken the hills in Captain King's chart,* and that, 

 therefore, his description of the country refers to 

 another portion ; and it is only justice to him to 

 state, that considering he was travelling for his life, 



* This error Captain Grey candidly acknowledged in the fol- 

 lowing letter to me, afterwards publislied by his authority in the 

 South Australian Register. 



" Government House, Adelaide, Jan. 28th, 1842. 



" My dear Sir, — I have attentively read your letter to the 

 Honourable the Surveyor- General of Western Australia ; I have 

 also considered the observations made by you to me, relative to 

 the error you suppose I have fallen into in mistaking the " "Wizard 

 Peak " of Captain King for the hill named by him " Mount Fair- 

 fax ;" and I find that I have certainly fallen into this error, a by 

 no means unlikely one, considering the very similar character of 

 the singular group of hills, called " Moresby's Flat-topped 

 Range," and the circumstances under which I was journeying. 

 Consequently the country I have described as lying near " Mount 

 Fairfax," lies near some other hill to the north of " Mount Fair- 

 fax," and the country I have described as lying near " Wizard 

 Hill " lies near " Mount Fairfax," being placed from ten to twelve 

 miles south of its true latitude. 



•• The mistake arose thus : I carried Captain King's chart, and 

 having only a Kater's compass with me, on recognizing what I 

 considered to be " Mount Fairfax," I assumed the latitude of 

 that hill as laid down on the chart to be my true latitude, and 

 made an entry in my journal accordingly. 



" On substituting the name of " Mount Fairfax " for " Wizard 

 Hill," the description of the small portions of the country tra- 



