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INTRODUCTION. 
[Prior Discoveries. 
Flinders Cape Pillar opened round Cape Raoul at E. tf N., and the distance 
an i799 SS * run ^ rom one to t ^ ie otner was n * ne m ^ es - These two high, 
columnar capes are the extreme points of the land which captain 
Furneaux took to be Maria's Island. Between them, the shore falls 
back about four miles, and forms a small bay at the head, where 
there appeared to be shelter against all winds except those from 
the southward ; and perhaps from those also, for the water seemed 
to reach behind the inner western point. At five o'clock, we passed 
Tasman's small, cliffy Island and Cape Pillar, and Maria's Island 
came in sight at N. 6° E. We then hauled up to keep close in 
with the shore to the northward; but the wind came in such violent 
puffs down those steep cliffs, that the necessity of steering further 
off frustrated my intention : the outer Hippolite Rock bore N. $6° W. 
three miles, at dusk. 
Jan. 4. At daylight, Maria's Island appeared to be divided into 
two, Schouten's Island was visible, and the principal bearings taken 
were as follow : 
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Tasman's small Island, - - 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 0 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 
Maria's Island. At noon, the north-east extreme, a cock's-comb-like 
head, was distant four or five miles ; but the islet lying off it, in Mr. 
Cox's chart, was not visible, nor yet the isthmus which connects 
the two parts of the island. „ , 
Observed latitude, - - - 42 41 J S. 
South head of Frederik Hendrik's Bay, S. 40 W. 
Maria's Island, south part, - Clouded. 
1 north part, S. 82 0 to N. 64 W, 
Schouten's Island, dist. 4 leagues, N. 3 W. to 8 E, 
