fi,i iiic Purpose of viaking Discoveries. JJ63 



and he gives a long dissertation on this subject. D'Entic- 

 custeaux was iiot^ni that part, and the i^ay of Frederick 

 Hendrick was given from old charts. 



After ascertaTiimg the correctness of the chart of P'Eutre- 

 casteaujc's clianuel^ captain Baudin did not think it neces- 

 sary to make a new one, as he had nothing to add to it. He 

 confined himself to the construction of one of Frederick 

 jiendrick's Ba\', every part of which lie explored. 



In the chart of Van Diemen's Land, constructed in 1798 

 and 1 799 by captain Flinders, and which was engraved at 

 the depot in ()rder that captain Baudin might have a suffi- 

 cient number of copies, the eastern coast of \'an Diemen's 

 Land was traced out in a vague manner, as countries little 

 known are in general. Captain Baudm was therefore charged 

 to explore it in a complete and correct manner ; and this 

 operation he undertook on leaving the Bay of Frederick 

 Jlendrick. Among the cliarts he has sent home there is 

 one of the Island Maria, the coast of which was explored 

 and correctU' traced out ; another of the coast of Van Die- 

 men's Land' between Maria and Schouten's Islands; and a 

 third of Schouten's Islands and the adjacent coast. It is 

 seen by the last-mentioned chart that there is only one 

 Schouten's Island, instead of the live laid down in captain 

 J'linders' chart. The rest form a long peninsula joined to 

 Wan Diemen's Land by an isthmus. 



There is a chart also' of the remainder of the eastern coast 

 of \'an Diemen's Land, from Cape Pele m lat. 4C" s' to 

 Swan's Island in lat. 40° 4'j'. This chart is the result of 

 the course followed by C. Boulanger, who had been sent <ui 

 shore to exphjre the country, and who was not able to re- 

 turn on board. Having waited some days .for. a boat to 

 ^ome and fetch him, he resolved to proceed akmg the coast 

 which he supposed the corvettes would sail along; and he 

 fortunately arrived at Swan's Island and Jianks's Straits, 

 where he fpimd an English ship, the captain of which pro- 

 mised to carrv him to Port Jackson; but some days aher 

 he fell in with' the Naturaliste, which took liim on board. 



The two corvettes had been separated some, time, and 

 were endeavouring to fall in with each other. Both, of them 

 proceeded to Van Diemen's. Land, but without meeting. 

 'i'hev visited Dalrvmple River, which is situated about the 

 ijiidclle of that coast, and anothei' tailed North Kiver ; both 

 proceeded also to the coast of New Holland, which forms 

 the northern coast of Basse's Strait. The Natur^liste ex. 

 plored the coast from Cape Wilson to Port Western. 'I hat 

 port also w as visited, and plans w ere made of both. , Alter 

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