BY CLIVE E. LORD. 51 



maps appears too far to the south. Pei-on refers to this 

 Cape as follows : — 



''Apres avoir double la point Norcl de la baio 

 ■'Riedle, nous vimes la terre courir a I'E.N.E. jusque 

 '■■par le travers du cap Misfal,en (ainsi nomme par le 

 '■'Capitaine Cox, qui reconnut Oyster s Bay en 1789), 

 "qui forme le point le plus oriental de lile." 

 Upon the present day maps of the Lands Department 

 the most eastern point of the northern jDortion of Maria 

 Island is designated Ragged Head. The siame name is 

 given to a j>oint a mile or so North-West. A few miles to 

 the south of this there is a point marked Cape Mistaken 

 or Cock's-combs Head. (On Flinders" Charts Coxcombs 

 Head appears as a s^aionym for Cape Boullanger.) There 

 can be no doubt, after an examination of Cox's and the 

 other early charts, that the name Cape Mistaken was 

 giveii by Cox to the most, eastern point of the island, and 

 that the present position assigned to it on the Lands De- 

 partment's maps i?i incorrect. It must further be remem- 

 bered that it was after rounding this Cape when Cox dis- 

 covered he was not working into Adventure Bay that he 

 gave the name Cape Mistaken to this point. 



Flinders gives <38) details of his observations when 

 coasting along the shores of Maria Id. as follow : — 



"At daylight, Maria's Island appeared to be divided 

 "into two, Schouten's Island Avas visible, and the prin- 

 "cipal bearings taken were as follow : 



"Tasman's small island (39) S. 24° W. 



"A deep bight in the coast S. 56 W. 



"South Head of Frederik Hendrik's Bay. S. 72 W. 



"Maria's Island, south part N. 64° to 43 W. 



" , north part N. 39 to 19 W. 



"Schouten's Island North to N. 5 E. 



"The wind shifted to north at ten o'clock, and we 

 "tacked towards Marias Island. At noon the north - 

 "east extreme, a cock's-comb-like head was distant four 

 "or five miles, but the island lying off it in Mr. Cox's 

 "chart was not visible nor yet the isthmus which con- 

 "nects the two parts of the island. 



"Observed latitude 42° 4U" S. 



"South Head of Frederik Hendrik's Bay... S. 40 W. 



"Maria's Island, south part Clouded. 



" ; north part S. 82° to N. 64 W. 



"Schouten's Island, dist. 4 leagues. N. 3 W. to 8 E. 



(38) Flinders. — Voyage to Terra Australis. Intro, p. cxc. 



(39") It must be remembered that until Flinders examined the 

 French and later charts, after his imprisonment at Maixritius, he con- 

 sidered Tasman's Peninsula was an island. 



