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THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS.
It has been already mentioned that Bass Strait was named by Governor Hunter on the recommendation of Flinders.

There is no reason to suppose that George Bass himself made any claim that his name should be applied to his discovery.

One derives the impression, from a study of his character as revealed in his words and acts, that he would have been perfectly content had some other name been chosen.

He was one of those rare men who find their principal joy in the free exercise of an intrepid and masculine energy, especially in directions affording a stimulus to intellectual curiosity.