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gone before. The general plan of the voyage did not, however, Coo*, 
permit captain Cook to enter minutely into the details of every part ; 1770 ' 
and had it been otherwise, the very extent of his discoveries would 
have rendered it impossible. Thus, some portions of the east coast 
of Terra Australis were passed in the night, many openings were 
seen and left unexamined, and the islands and reefs lying at a 
distance from the shore could, generally, be no more than indicated: 
he reaped the harvest of discovery, but the gleanings of the field 
remained to be gathered. 
The first visitor to Van Diemen's Land, after Tasman, its dis- Marion. 
coverer, was captain Marion. He commanded the Mascarin and 1772 ' 
Marquis de Castries, from the Isle Mauritius ; and one of the objects 
of his expedition, was the discovery of the supposed Southern 
Continent. This voyage possesses a considerable degree of in- 
terest, and was published at Paris in 1783: but not being generally 
known in England, the parts which relate to Van Diemen's Land, 
are here given in abridgment. 
March 3, 177-2, M. Marion made the west side, in latitude (Atlas, 
42 0 56', half a degree south of Tasman's first land fall ; and behind P1, ML) 
a point in 43 0 15', he saw an opening leading to the northward, but 
of which no particular mention is made. Steering eastward, round 
all the rocks and islets lying off the south coast, he arrived, on the 
evening of the 4th, in Frederik Hendrik's Bay ; and anchored in 22 
fathoms, sandy bottom. The great sandy cove of the outer bay 
bore from thence, S. 25 0 W. one league and a half; the extreme of 
Maria's Island, N. E. by N. ; and the northernmost part of the main 
land, N. 5 0 W. six leagues : (these bearings appear to be as taken by 
the compass). The latitude observed here, was 42 0 50' south, and 
longitude 145 0 20' east of Greenwich; the first being 10', and the 
longitude above 5 0 less, than given by Tasman.* 
The fires and smokes, seen by day and night, bespoke the country 
* According to captain Cook, the longitude should be 148° 10'. 
