112 NOTES ON CHARTS OF THE COAST OP TASMANIA. 



Mauritius ; that tlie draughtsman who copied Flinder's charts 

 that I am about to describe, seeing the reference therein to 

 Hayes' chart, copied the published one as giving further 

 details about the country that was evidently then claiming 

 much attention from the French, and that it was thus that a 

 manuscript copy of an engraved chart found its way into the 

 Hydrographical Office at Paris. 



This copy of Hayes' chart is furthermore interesting in 

 connection with the history of names of xjlaces in these parts. 

 For instance, it is curious to note how Ray-Taylor's Bay 

 has become Great Taylor's Bay. And the name,. 

 *' Admiral D'Entrecasteaux Bay " shows that Hayes had 

 heard of the French navigator's voyage. 



I may mention that one of our fellow-members, Colonel 

 Cruickshank, is a great-grandson of Sir John Hayes, and have 

 pleasure in adding that he has promised to obtain, if possible, 

 copies of all documents relating to the expedition that may 

 exist among the family papers in England, or in the Marine 

 Office, Calcutta. 



Chaet of Flinders' and Bass' Discoveries. 

 The last of the charts (4) I have to describe is one of 

 exceptional interest. It is entitled, Carte du Detroit de 

 Basse entre la Nouvelle Galles Meridionale et la Terre de 

 Diemen Levee par M. Flinders, Lieutenant du Vaisseau- 

 Anglais la Reliance, par ordre de M. le Gouverneur Sunter en 

 1798 et 1799." Notwithstanding the title, it embraces the 

 whole island of Tasmania, and there are laid down on it the 

 tracks made in the following voyages : — 



1. Bass' voyage in the whaleboat from Sydney to Western 



Port in 1797-8, whereby the existence of a strait be t-(veen 

 Australia and Yan Diemen's Land was virtually proved. 

 I am not aware of the existence of any other chart show- 

 ing this track. 



2. Flinders' voyage in the schooner Francis from Sydney 



to Furneaux Islands in 1798. 



3. Flinders' and Bass' voyage in the sloop Norfolk round the 



Island of Van Diemen's Land in 1798-9. In the chart, 



the Frenchman who was stealing Flinders' observations 



has called this sloop the " Jaclcson," in specifying the 



routes, confusing the name of the little vessel with that 



of the port from which she sailed. He calls her by her 



right name elsewhere. He frequently mistakes English 



manuscript figures, especially a long drawn 1 for the long 



drawn French 5, the 3 for the 5 also, and the 6 for 



the 8. 



The longitudes on the chart are taken from the meridian of 



Paris. The following "Observations" are made: — "The voyage 



of M. Flinders, second Lieutenant of the English ship, the 



