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Diemen's Land, is one published in the Relation de divers 

 voyages curieux. 4 parties en 2 vol. fol. Paris. 1663-96. § This 

 work, edited by Melchisedech Thevenot, contains a portion of 

 what is known as the Stadthoiise Map, which consisted of 

 two j)i'OJections of the terrestrial and one of the celestial 

 sphere carved in stone on the floor of the great hall of 

 the Amsterdam Stadthouse, which was built in the year 

 1648. The portions relating to New Guinea (here sepa- 

 rated from Australia), Sollandia Nova, Zeelandia Nova, 

 and Antlioni Van Diemens Landt are evidently based upon 

 the two earlier charts, and have been preserved by Thevenot 

 and reproduced by Harris in his Navigantium atqiie Itine- 

 rantium Bibliotlieca, 2 vols. fol. Lond. 1744-48. Marion, 

 Purneaux, Cook, Dentrecasteaux, Flinders, and Baudin, have 

 left charts which are to be found in the works above- 

 mentioned. 



There is a chart of the Derwent emanating from the expedi- 

 tion of Hayes ; but that, along with the memoirs of the expe- 

 dition was captured by a French man-of-war, and transferred 

 to a public institution in Paris, (v. Low's History of Indian 

 Navy, i. p. 200.) 



SrMMAEY OF OBSERVATIONS ON EAETHQUAKE 

 PHENOMENA MADE IN TASMANIA DUEINa 

 1883 AND 1884. 



By Commander Shortt, R.N., Meteorological Observer, 



HOBART. 



lUead November 17, 1884.] 



During the last eighteen months Tasmania has been visited 

 by so many earthquake shocks, that general interest has been 

 excited and favourable opportunities afforded for studying 

 some of the phenomena connected with them. 



Unfortunately for scientific purposes we have not yet 

 experienced a really serious and destructive shock, such as 

 would have rendered the island famous, and perhaj)s have 

 afforded the survivors opportunities of adding largely to 

 what is known about earthquakes. Some of the shocks, 

 however, have been sufficiently pronounced to be readily felt 

 over large areas, and a number of intelligent observers have 

 carefully recorded what they observed, and the reports received 



