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he rivers both ways, bringing food, and 

 also the mails, from Hobart — 104 miles in 

 five days, with swags of 70lb. The whole 

 pai'ty crossed the Franklin on April 20, and 

 here one of the servants lost his eyes 

 through a sapling which had sprung back. 

 The poor fellow had to be led the rest of 

 the way, as it was impossible to carry 

 him. After they had crossed the Franklin 

 they saw a peak, like St. Michael's Mount 

 they said, bearing S.E. It would appear 

 to be Goodwin's Peak ; and the Prince 

 of Wales Range bore due east, very 

 grand in appearance. In front, as 

 they proceeded they named a range 

 " the Elliott Range," after a former 

 aide-de-camp of the Governor's. On 

 Saturday, April 22, they reached the 

 Breeze, anchored in Expectation Reach, 

 some miles up the Gordon. Thus 

 ended a most remarkable journey, con- 

 sidering that a lady was of the party and 

 that the weather could hardly have been 

 more unfavourable. The latter part of it, 

 too, was through a country even to this 

 day not well known. Too much praise 

 can hardly be accorded to Mr. Calder, 

 and it is no wonder that he be- 

 came dead lame on his return journey. 

 I conclude vvith a few practical suggestions. 

 1. It would be well if the members of this 

 section would supply us with records of 

 the first journeys through our island in 

 any direction. The N.E. of the island 

 would be as interesting a topic as the west 

 and south-west. There is still time, I 

 think, to secure accounts of most of these 

 first attempts. 2. Would it not be well if 

 this section were to bring out a map show- 

 ing the unexplored, and nearly unexplored, 

 portions of the island ? It might give a 

 direction to the energies of our romantic 

 spirits if it were clearly brought home to 

 them what parts of the island needed 

 special attention. There are tourists 

 also who would really like to be 

 discoverers. It is likely they do not 

 realise how little known large tracts of our 

 island are, and that certain parts are 

 unknown, and that such regions lie 

 amongst our best scenery. For example, 

 draw a line due south of Ai-rowsmith, and 

 another due south of the Frenchman's 

 Cap. Hardly anything, if anything, I am 

 told, is known of the regions so enclosed 

 north of the Gordon. 3. Would it not be a 

 stimulus and a real help to geography if 

 we attempted to mark on such a map the 

 name of the first person who had ascended 

 each high mountain, pushing back the 

 dates if an earlier rival appeared? A good 

 many mountains would remain to be 

 attached by the present generation. This 

 section might invite the attention of 

 climbers to the peaks not yet won, and 

 ask them for their first experiences. I 

 suggest these points to you because it will 

 bring us into touch with many who other- 



wise might not think of joining the Royal 

 Society. We want the assistance of 

 thews and sinews in our geographical 

 work as well as students. I would 

 suggest that the map which I advocate 

 should be hung either in the tourists' 

 room, or, more conspicuously still, 

 somewhere in the hall, as a chivalrous 

 challenge to the enterprising, with a notice 

 that our Curator would be only too glad to 

 give them further information. All re- 

 cords of trips taken in consequence of our 

 advice and suggestions ought to be our 

 property, and ought to be published— if 

 they are published — under our auspices. 

 I am sure the Tourists' Association would 

 gladly co-operate, and indeed a holiday 

 might be worse spent in the month of 

 February than in following the steps of 

 Sir John Franklin, not to the North Pole, 

 but from the Ouse to Expectation Reach 

 across our own island. 



Discussion. 



Mr. J. B. Walker drew attention to 

 several of )the ^'explorers who had visited 

 the West Coast ; also gave a list of im- 

 portant papers relating to early Tasmania, 

 formerly the property of the late J. Reid 

 Scott, a list of which was published in 

 some English catalogues. He, Mr. M^'alker, 

 considered it a great pity these papers 

 had ever left the colony. 



Mr. T. Stephens referred to an old chart 

 or map of Tasmania, drawn by Mr. Hogan, 

 which has since been superseded by the 

 present map, and also to the track gone 

 over by the late Mr. Sharland and others. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston said the members 

 were greatly indebted to the President for 

 his interesting paper, and spoke of the 

 great work done in exploring by the late 

 J, Reid Scott and Mr. Chas. Gould. 



Ml'. Mault said one of the earliest maps 

 of Tasmania he had ever seen had marked 

 on it Mount King William, and three of 

 the summits were marked Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 

 In a Hobart almanac by Bent was given 

 an account of an expedition by the V.D.L. 

 Co. 



Colonel Legge also referred to the great 

 pleasure he had in listening to the Presi- 

 dent's paper, and referred to the three 

 peaks near Lake Dixon, and drew atten- 

 tion to some excellent photographs of 

 Mount King William taken by Mi\ J. W. 

 Beattie. Colonel Legge said a good deal 

 might be done in finding out the proper 

 names of the different parts of the colony 

 that were given to them in the early days, 

 and also mentioned that good work might 

 be done in working out the physical charac- 

 ters of the mountains and lakes of the 

 colony. 



Mr, Mault said, in reply to Colonel 

 Legge, that soundings had been taken of 

 Lakes Sorell and Crescent, as also the 



