52 THE EARLY HISTORY OF MARIA ISLAND, 



"We had sqiially weather in the afternoon, with wind 

 "at north-west; and being unable to get near Maria's 

 "Island before the evening, bore away northward, hav- 

 "ing a fresh breeze at W.S.W." 



I have plotted Flinders' position and taken into con- 

 sideration his remark : "At noon the north-east extreme, a 

 "cock's-comb-like head was distant four or five miles," and 

 I do not think that thea'e is the slightest doubt that the 

 headland referred to by Flinders is the prominent projec- 

 tion formed where the Bishop and Clerk mountain abrupt- 

 ly falls to the sea. My personal recollections of the east- 

 ern aspect of tlie Coast strengthen this opinion. If any 

 further evidence was desired one has to examine Flinders' 

 own charts. On these Cape Boullanger has been moved 

 from the low lying northern point to the massive buttress 

 of the north-eastern promontory, and is marked "C. Boul- 

 langer or Coxcombs Head." 



Cape Maurouard. Named after a member of Baudin's 

 expedition. 



"Parvenus a la pointe cle 'Est, C[ue nous nommee 

 "Cap Maiiroiiard, du nom de I'aspirant recommand- 

 "able qui partageoit alors avec M. Boullanger le soin 

 "des travaux geographiques, nousi vimes la cote se 

 "cliriger a.u N.N.O." 



On Baudin's charts (Freycinet's) the location of this 

 Cape is clearlv shown as the most eastern point of the 

 soiithern portion of Maria Island. Flinders also gives it 

 this position. On the Tasmanian Land Department's pre- 

 sent maps the name is given to the northern point of Cray- 

 fish Bay, while the most eastern point of the southern sec- 

 tion of the island is designated Cape Bald. 



Cape Peron. Named after the naturalist and histor- 

 ian of Baudin's expedition. 



"Bientot nous atteignimes le cap le plus Sud de 

 "cette lie, que nos geographes ont nomme Cajo Peron. 

 "En evant de cette cap, s' eleve un rocher granitique 

 "solitaire de 150 a 200 pieds de hauteur, dechire par 

 "les iiots, imitant assez bien, sousi ce rapport, un sorte 

 "d'obelisque : il fut nomme la Pyramided CO) 

 Long Point. This is the "Leseur Point" of the 

 French explorers. The designation Long Point first ap- 

 pears on the chart of 1837. Leseur Avas one of the French 

 artist?!. 



Maria Island. So named by Tasman in 1642, in hon- 

 our of the wife of Anthony Van Diemen (and not after his 

 daughter as is often stated). 



(40) Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes. A^ol. 1., p. 263. 



