themselves or their friends any part of the countries
they explored. Frank Hatton, in a private letter,
amused himself with a reference to “ Hattonville
and in one of his private diaries makes a memorandum
in respect. of a possible new discovery of a chemical
body, to call it “ Hattonite;” but whenever it fell to
his lot to name any stream or tract of country, he used
a native designation. The identification of portions
of the newly-explored lands with his name comes
therefore with a special grace from his successors and
superior officers. “ Mount Hatton ” will keep his
memory green in the territory where he fell; and “ The
Witti River ” might well hand down to posterity the
name and fame of his brave and. unfortunate colleague.
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