BY CLIVE E. LOED. 41 



the Maria Island of Tasman. His description of the 

 anchorage in Adventitre Bay is as follows: — 



"At seven o'clock in the evening we anchored in 

 "seven fathonisi of water, with the small bower, and 

 "moored with the coasting anchor to- the westward, 

 "the North point of the Bay N.N.E. h E. (which we 

 "take to be Tasman'si Head), and the Easternmost 

 "point (which we named Penguin Island, from a 

 "curious one caught there (^) ) N.E. by E. | E. ; the 

 "watering place W. ^- N. ; about one mile from shoore 

 "on each side; Maria's Island, which is about five or 

 "six leagues off, shut in with both points; so that you 

 "are quite landlocked in a most spacious harbour." 



(5). 



Furneaux stayed five clays in Adventure Bay, and 

 having completed taking in wood, water, and grass, he 

 set sail. He recorclsi passing "Maria's Islands'' on the 16th, 

 and the Schoutens Islands on the 17th, ajid after pro- 

 ceeding fiirther north he stood away to New Zealand. (6) 

 Furneaux's mistakes led to' considerable confusion, and 

 even at the present time the result of his investigations 

 may be seen in the misleading nomenclature, which is 

 still in general use. 



Captain Cook, during hig third voyage in 1777, an- 

 chored in Adventure Bay in Januarj'- of that year. He 

 failed, to notice Furneaux's error, as' he records bearings 

 from his anchorage in Adventure Bay to the points of 

 "Mania's Island." 



The first detailed examination of the island was 

 made by Captain John Henry Cox, during a voyage in 

 the brig Mercurp, in 1789 ('">. Oil the 3rd of July he 

 sighted the coa-st of Tasmania, and at one p.m. was 

 abeam of S.W. Cape (^). At six in the evening the brig- 

 was broiight to ancho'r in a deep bay (9), the Mewstone 

 bearing S. by E. A little water was obtained, and signs) 

 of the natives were seen. A heavy sea set into the 

 bay on the morning of 5th July, and s.ome difficultv was 

 experienced in weighing the anchor, owing to an accident 

 to the winch, which injured several of the crew. The 



(4) "Probably the first recoi'd of Eudytales chrysoconie (Crested 

 "Penguin)." 



(5) Cook's Voyages 

 (Ga) Cook's Voyages. 



(6b) Forster, in describing Furneaux's anchorage in Adventure 

 Bay, states: — "Several islands in the ofSng to the N.E. along shore were 

 of moderate height, and likewise covered with wood. Tasman prob- 

 ably took them for one great island, which in his charts bears the 

 name Maria's Island." A Voyage round the World. Dublin. 1777. 



(7) Cox's voyage was undertaken for motives of discovery, but an 

 examination of the far trade .of the N.W. Coast of America was its 

 ultimate object. The Mercury was a copijer bottomed vessel of 152 

 tons, designed .and built by Stalkaart especially for the voyage. 



(8) In 1773 Furneaux had mistaken S.W. Cape for Tasman's South 

 Cape. 



(.9) Now known as "Uox's Bight." 



