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of the sea found between the islands of Van Diemen's Land 

 and New Zealand was named by him Tasman's Track, a 

 name which remains to this day, and serves to remind us 

 all of that brave man who was the first to sail round New 

 Holland, and to accomplish the voyage between New Holland 

 and New Zealand. — Jacob Swart.] 



20th. — This morning we saw land lying all around us, so 

 that we have sailed perhaps thirty miles into a bay. We had 

 at first thought that the land where we anchored was an 

 island, not doubting that we should find a passage into the 

 great South Sea. But to our great disappointment it proved 

 otherwise. The wind being westerly, we endeavoured to get 

 back through the same passage by which we had before sailed 

 in. At noon found ourselves in south latitude 40° 51', and 

 longitude 192° 55'. We held our course east-half -north and 

 sailed fourteen miles. In the afternoon it was calm ; the sea 

 ran strong into the bay, so that we could not advance, but 

 drifted back with the tide. At noon we turned northwards 

 and saw a round, high island"'' about eight miles from us west 

 by north, which we had sailed by the previous day. This 

 little island lies about six miles east of the place where we 

 were anchored. In the same latitude in this bay, into which 

 we had sailed so far by mistake, the land seemed everywhere 

 fine and good : on the sea-coast low, barren land ; moderately 

 high inland. Sailing along the coast there is anchorage from 

 60 to 50 fathoms to 15 fathoms, becoming dry about a mile 

 and a half to two miles from the shore. At 3 in the afternoon 

 got light breezes from the south-east, but, as the sea ran very 

 rough, we made but little or no progress. In the night we 

 drifted along calmly ; in the second watch [12-4 a.m.] the 

 wind was west, going round to the northwards. 



21st. — At night in the dog-watch [12-4] had a westerly 

 wind with a strong breeze. Steered to the north, in the hope 

 that the land, which the day before was north-west from us, 

 should there fall away to the north, but it extended to the 

 north-west. After the cook had dished we tacked and turned 

 again from the land. It began to blow stronger, so we ran 

 south-west over towards the south shore. At noon found lati- 

 tude 40° 31' and longitude 192° 55'. Held a northerly course, 

 and sailed five miles. It was foggy, so that we could see no 

 land. Late in the afternoon again saw the south coast, and had 

 the island, which the day before was about six miles west from 

 us, about four miles south-west by south. We sailed towards 

 it, bringing it to bear north-north-west from us, and anchored 

 by some cliffs in 33 fathoms, sandy ground, mixed with shells. 

 Here it is full of islands and rocks. We struck our sail-yards, 



* Stephen Island. 



