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EARLY HISTOBY COLONY OF VIOTOEIA, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT AS A SELF-GOVERNING PROVINCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. FRANCIS PETER LABILLIERE, BABBISTEB-AT-LAW OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, FELLOW OF THE BOYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE. "Nothing in the history of mankind is like their progress. For my part I never cast an eye upon their flourishing commerce, and their cultivated and commodious life, but 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, than the colonies of yesterday."— Bubkb. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. ILonfrm : SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEAKLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1878. [All rights reserved."] Digit zed by GoOgk