the Port Phillip district, now Victoria,

tunity, although he fought hard to get

But the fiery doctor had no oppor-

Felix, his most felicitous naming ex-

himself in his account of his Australia

had many opportunities. He unbosomed

Surveyor-General of New South Wales,

—there were others—of explorer and

Major Mitchell, in his two capacities

Line 4.2.0 "To give names that may become cur-

Line 4.2.1 rent in the mouths of future millions

Line 4.2.2 (an optimistic but justifiable fore-

Line 4.2.3 cast) has often been a perplexing sub-

Line 4.2.4 ject with me, whether they have been

Line 4.2.5 required to distinguish new countries,

Line 4.2.6 towns, or villages, or such great

Line 4.2.7 natural features of the earth as moun-

Line 4.2.8 tains and rivers. I have always gladly

Line 4.2.9 adopted aboriginal names as belong-

Line 4.2.10 ing to the highest antiquity, and in

Line 4.2.11 the absence of these I have en-

Line 4.2.12 deavoured to find some good reason

Line 4.2.13 for the application of others, con-

Line 4.2.14 sidering descriptive names the best,

Line 4.2.15 such being in general the character

Line 4.2.16 of those of ancient origin. Names of

Line 4.2.17 individuals seem eligible enough when

Line 4.2.18 at all connected with the history of

Line 4.2.19 the discovery to be named or that