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Some of the paintings were of birds which did not appear 

 in the Wathng drawings, but were described by Latham at 

 the same time as he worked at the Wathng drawings, from 

 drawings in the possession of General Davies. This fact 

 induced us to investigate tlie matter from two points- -that 

 of the birds credited by Latham to General Davies, and that 

 of the artists who had made paintings in the early settlement 

 of New South Wales. 



We will deal with the latter item first. In White's Journal 

 no mention of artists is made save " the Drawings have been 

 copied from nature, by Miss Stone, Mr. Catton, Mr. Nodder, 

 and other artists . . . The birds,, etc., from which the draw- 

 ings were taken." The artists mentioned were British artists, 

 and in addition to those mentioned we find the signatures 

 of E. Kennion and — Mortimer. On the title page, however, 

 is a httle sketch upon which is engraved " I. White, Esq. 

 dehn." and White tells us on p. 107 : " Captain Hunter has 

 a pretty turn for drawing." 



As we have not gained much from this, we will pass to 

 Hunter's Historical Journal when we find : " From a sketch 

 by I. Hunter " and " from a sketch by Gov. King." 



Referring now to Phillip's Voyage, we see on the title page 

 " drawn on the spot by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, 

 Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, etc." Fortunately, the 

 charts are signed by W. Bradley, W. Dawes, T. G. Shortland, 

 and Captain J. Marshall, while the New Holland Cassowary 

 is signed " Lieutenant Watts del." 



We have written "fortunately," as a large number of the 

 " Watling " drawings seem to have been drawn by a carto- 

 grapher, as they are surrounded by the triple lined border, so 

 famihar on charts. Consequently, we may guess that probably 

 for amusement the cartographers painted the rare birds which 

 the artist Wathng was employed in portraying and perhaps 

 others also indulged in this fascinating new pastime. 



The drawings in the book mentioned by Britten are such 

 that they are comparable with the supposed cartographers' 

 drawings, but not with the paintings made by Watling himself. 

 As recorded, they comprise seventy folios, but each side is 



