�L As the superlleiai extent of Australia is more than three-fourths of that of Europe,. and the interior may be regarded as unknownS, au? theoretic inferences, from the slight geological information hitherto oblained respeetin? this great island, are very likely to be deceitful; but among the few facts already ascertained respecting the northern portion of it, there are some which appear to afford a ?iimpee of ?eneral structure. C?ptaia Fliade?s, in deseribh? I? positioa of the eh?ms of isi?ads oa the north-wes? eo?st o? Oarl?ata?a, Wes- sell's, th? Ea?rlish COml?my's, ?ud Bromby's Islauds? re- m?rks, that he had "f?equeatly observed a g,v?t similarity both in the ground plans, and ?e elevations of hills, and of islands, in the vicinity of each other, but did not reco!lec$ another instance of such a likeness in the arrangement of clustsrs of islandst." The appearm?m which called for this observation, from a voyager of so much sagac/ty and expe?-
- The .following are th? p?op?toas assigssd by Captain de
Freyclnet to the principal divisions of the giob?.-,-Kob?9? T?rs-es ?4ust?a/es, p. 107. ? ?,?00,000 . 1?' Australia ?4,?75 The me? remote IMints ? *he ?oast ? New South Wule? ?o which *he l?e expeditious have peneffuSed, (and the intepiar has never ?e? been examined in nay other qua?a?r,) are not above ?0 mile? ?n a ? line, fi?m tim sea; She average width the island ?rom easg to wes? bein? more ?mn StJO0 ? and north to south more than 1000 miles.
- Fliuders,'v. ii. p. M6; and Ohms, Plates lqsnd 16.--?ing?
Charts, Plate 4.
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