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 EAELY HISTOEY OF THB COLONY OF VIGTOEIA, FBOM ITS DISCOVERT TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT AS A SELF-GOVERNING PROVINCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Br FRANCIS PETER LABILLIERE, BABBISTEB-AT-LAW OP THB MIDDLE TBMPLB, BELLOW OP THB BOTAL COLONIAL nrSTITUTB. cast an eye npon their flonrishing commerce, and their cnltivated and commodious life, bnt they seem to me rather ancient nations grown to perfection through a long series of fortunate events, and a train of successful industry, accumulating wealth in many centuries, thau the colonies of yesterday."— Bubks. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL II. HonQon : SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLBBT STREBT. 1878. [^All rights reserved,']
 * ' Nothing in the history of mankind is like their progress. For my part» I never