. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . Hellyer, Arthur, and Pieman. The King andGordon gain Macquarie Harbour; the Davey and Spring,Port Davey. The central and southern districts are drainedby the Derwent from Lake St Clair,—its tributaries beingthe Nive, Dee, Clyde, Ouse, and Jordan. The Huon fallsinto DEntrecastcaux Channel. The chief mountain lakes - The best English translation of Journal is in BunieyaCollection, vol. jii. The Dutch original was published at Amsterdamin 3860, edited by Jacob Swart, and contains the chart of the
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . Hellyer, Arthur, and Pieman. The King andGordon gain Macquarie Harbour; the Davey and Spring,Port Davey. The central and southern districts are drainedby the Derwent from Lake St Clair,—its tributaries beingthe Nive, Dee, Clyde, Ouse, and Jordan. The Huon fallsinto DEntrecastcaux Channel. The chief mountain lakes - The best English translation of Journal is in BunieyaCollection, vol. jii. The Dutch original was published at Amsterdamin 3860, edited by Jacob Swart, and contains the chart of the secondvoyage. ^ Tho Buliject is thoroughly discussed by P. H. Leupe in theBijdrojcn ran Jut Icon. Inst, roar Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde v,d. Jnd. Archipcl, ser. i. pt. iv. 123-140; in Bijd. voor rff/cr-lundsche en Ouilheid Kunde, by K. Fnii-Ti, new series,pt. vii. p. 254 ; and in tho same writers -work De Reizcn der Neder-landers naar Nieuw Guinea (The Hague, ); also Col. A. Haga?SederlaicdseK yieuu, Qv inea (The Hague, 18S4). TASMANIA PLATE J. ^. fagt 12 TASMANIA 73 are the Great Lake (50 miles in circuit), Sorell, St Clair,Crescent, and Echo. The colony is divided into eighteencounties. The principal towns are Hobart, the capital, onthe Derweat, with a population of 21,118 in 1881 (25,044in 1886), and Launceston (12,752 in 1881; 19,379 in1886), at the head of the Tamar. The rugged westernhalf of the island has only a few small settlements, whilethe eastern country is increasing in population on accountof the mines. Climate.—This small colony has a far greater range ofclimate than can be experienced throughout the Australiancontinent. The eastern side is dry; the western is very,wet. Tin and gold miners are partially arrested in theirjwork during summer from want of water in the north-east.[Dense forests and impracticable scrubs result in the westfrom deposition of a hundred or more inches of rain in theyear, while other parts to the eas
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