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about five miles from shore. We threw the lead in 50 fathoms, 

 fine sand mixed with clay. This higli mountain [Mount 

 Karioi ?] lies in south latitude 38°. . This coast stretches, so 

 far as I could see, south and north. It became calm, with a 

 light air f;:om north-north-east ; we tacked to the north-west. 

 At noon anchored, latitude 38° 2' and longitude 192° 23'. 

 Course held north-east by east, and sailed sixteen miles. To- 

 wards evening the wind came north-east and north-east by 

 east, and began to blow harder and harder, so that at the end 

 of the first watch [8-12 p.m.] we had to take in our topsails. 

 Var., 8° 30'. 



29th. — In the morning, at daybreak, we took ofi' our 

 bonnet-sails [small sails beneath the foresail] , so that we 

 had to take in our foretopsails. At noon we cx)mputed 

 the latitude to be 37° 17' and longitude 191°, and we ran 

 over to the westward. Course held north-west, and sailed 

 sixteen miles. 



30th. — In the morning the weather was something more 

 moderate. We set our topsails, rigged our bonnet-sails. Had 

 the Zeehaen to lee of us, Wind west-north-west, with a top- 

 sails breeze. At nocn found the latitude 37° and longitude 

 191° 55'. Course held north-east, and sailed seven miles. 

 Towards evening again saw the land north-east and north- 

 north-east from us. We therefore ran north and north-east. 

 Var., 8° 40' north-easterly. [Tasman here gives two sketches 

 of the Staten-land (New Zealand) — first, as it appeared in 

 38° 30' south latitude, and second, in 36° south latitude. — 

 Jacob Swart.] 



31st.- — At noon we tacked about to the north, and the wind 

 west-north-west, a slack breeze. Noon, found latitude 36° 45', 

 and longitude 191° 46'. Course held north-west, and sailed 

 seven miles. In the evening we were about three miles from 

 the shore. Four glasses of the first watch [10 p m.] , again 

 tacked to the north. In the night sounded in 80 fathoms. 

 This coast here stretches south-east and north-west. The 

 land is in some places high, and in others sandhills. Var., 8°. 



January 1st [1643] . — In the morning drifted in the calm 

 along this coast, which here stretches north-west and south- 

 east. It is an even coast, without shoals or sandbanks. At 

 noon had latitude 36° 12', and longitude 191° 7'. Course held 

 north-west, and sailed ten miles. About noon the wind came 

 south-south-east and south-east. We steered our course west- 

 north-west to be further off shore, and here a heavy surf was 

 running. Var., 8° 30' north-easterly. 



2nd. — Calm weather. In the middle of the afternoon a 

 breeze came from the east. We steered north-north-west at 

 the end of the first watch [12 p.m.] , course north-west, so as 

 not to come too near shore, and to avoid any accident, as in 



