History of Australian geography, II — Tasmania and New Zealand on the dauphin and other MS. maps

[The first of these papers appeared in the volume for 1885, p. 407, and should have been described "History of Australian Geography, I.—Edel's Land, De Witt's Land, and Carpentaria."] On a recent occasion, when I had the honour of addressing this Society on the Portuguese Discovery of Australia, I anticipated the composition of this paper by stating that, in my opinion, no satisfactory explanation of the south-eastern portion of the Dauphin map (Add. MS. 5. 413. Brit. Museum) had been given. Mr. Major and Mr. Petherick have advanced conflicting opinions—a fact which may, perhaps, excuse my temerity in differing from so highly reputed an authority as theirs.
To sum up, I submit that the assumption of the theoretical character of the line from 'Baye Neufve' to 'C. de Fremose' is justified by the analogy of other such lines on the same map, and reconciles a greater number of discrepancies than any other assumption. The outline map, which accompanies this paper was drawn by Mr. John McCance, F.R.A.S., to whom I gratefully acknowledge my obligation.