200 CAPTAIN COOK 



Since they had no canoes, Cook concluded 

 that they had reached the country by land and 

 not by sea. He therefore thought, as had Cap- 

 tain Furneaux, that Van Dieman's Land was 

 only the southern prolongation of New Holland. 



Having his mission to fulfil. Cook did not 

 tarry in this vicinity, and he left Adventure Bay 

 on January 30th. On February 12th he 

 anchored in the familiar waters of Queen Char- 

 lotte Sound. 



