The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 420 AUSTEALASIA. almost uninhabited and for the most part even uninhabitable. Here the bare rocky heights, at most covered with almost impenetrable scrub, yield no fodder for cattle, and are clothed in a snowy mantle for eight months in the year, No settlements can be formed in these bleak tracts except at the entrance of a few valleys scarcely sheltered from the prevailing boisterous moisture-bearing winds. Fig. 181.—HOBAET AND THE DeRWENT RiVEE. Scale 1 : 1,250,000. Depths. r ' 1 5 to Ô0 Fath
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 420 AUSTEALASIA. almost uninhabited and for the most part even uninhabitable. Here the bare rocky heights, at most covered with almost impenetrable scrub, yield no fodder for cattle, and are clothed in a snowy mantle for eight months in the year, No settlements can be formed in these bleak tracts except at the entrance of a few valleys scarcely sheltered from the prevailing boisterous moisture-bearing winds. Fig. 181.—HOBAET AND THE DeRWENT RiVEE. Scale 1 : 1,250,000. Depths. r ' 1 5 to Ô0 Fathoms. p J F^ ^^ 0to5 Fatboms. 50 Fathoms and upwards. 36 Miles. In this inhospitable region, however, are found all the mines of gold, tin, bismuth and antimony that have hitherto been opened in the island. The constitution of Tasmania differs little from that of Victoria except in the number of members composing the two assemblies forming the local parliament. The former, numbering eighteen, are elected for six, the latter for five years. The defensive forces comprise nearly 1,000 volunteers of all arms.
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