heard a sound “like a trumpet or small 
gong. ’ This latter sound was probably 
the note of the black bell magpie 
(Strcpera fuliginosn), which occurs m 
this locality, and whose note has been 
likened by Gould to the sound of a ham¬ 
mer on an anvil, and by Littler to that 
of a tramway gong. As regards tin. 
giant<, there was a fixed idea, antedat¬ 
ing even the voyage of Quiros, that the 
great unknown lands of the south were 
inhabited by giants. 
To the south of Prince of Wales Bay 
is North Bay. or Two-Mile Beach, be¬ 
hind the sandhills, of which there is a. 
large lagoon, which breaks through the 
beach at its south-east end. J. B. 
Walker, in his paper on the discovery ot 
Tasmania f 1800), considered that this 
was the spot where Tasman’s men landed 
in search of water on the morning ot 
December :t. but the Rev. J. P. Goll. m 
bis paper (1S4-5) on the same subject, 
considered that the south-east side oi 
the bay referred to was the south-east 
side of the present so-called Blackman’s 
Bay. 
The campers had therefore many 
points of interest to discuss as they 
stood on the hillsides, viewed the scene 
from different aspects, or wandered 
along the shore in search of specimens. 
Upon return to camp, and after the even¬ 
ing meal, there were naturally many 
items of interest to discuss as the mean- 
berc gathered round the camp tire. 
l>n the following day there were ex¬ 
cursions to various localities. Some 
members boated across “The Narrows’ 
and spent some time on -Marion Bay 
beach; others went to the lagoons, or 
further south to Wilmot Harbour. The 
original name of Wilmot Harbour, was 
Lagoon Bay. This latter name occurs 
on the charts attached to the old bay 
whaling leases. The name still sur¬ 
vives to a certain extent among lecai 
residents, bul it is also applied to the 
present North Bay (Two Mile Beach), 
and in the latter position the name ap¬ 
pear.- on some modern maps. there 
are lagoons at the back of the sand¬ 
hills in both bays, but the one at Iwo 
Mile Beach is the larger. The botan¬ 
ists searched the gullies for fungi, whilst 
the geological section found much of 
interest in tin; formation of the cliffs 
to the east of the camp. 
Next day a large party follow''! the 
shore along the cliffs south of the Nar¬ 
rows, and a fine view of the coast was 
obtained. The sight of the bold out¬ 
line of Cape Bernier recalled tlie fact 
that it was so named by the rrencli 
expedition under Admiral Baudin in 
1SU2. This expedition carried out nu¬ 
merous surveys in the southern and 
eastern parts of Tasmania. At the 
time the exact position of Tasman’s 
Frederick Henry Bay was still in doubt, 
and M. Fame, a hydrographor of Ban- 
din’s expedition, satisfactorily settled it. 
by mean- of a boat expedition which 
was organised whilst the ships were 
still at anchor in the Channel. 
On February 17, 1802, the French 
ships, after a stay of fill days in the 
channicl. sailed into Storm Bay. and 
gradually worked round the coast until 
on the evening of the following day 
they anchored in the strait between 
Maria Island and the mainland. 
As usual, boat expeditions were sent 
out. and one, under the command of M. 
Mauronard. circumnavigated Maria Is¬ 
land. naming many of the prominent, 
bays and headlands during the course 
of his voyage. Other parties had been 
spilt out. one under the command of 
M. Freyeinet, sen., who was away eight 
days, during the course of which lie 
thoroughly examined Marion Bay, the 
Frederick Henry Bay of Tasman (now 
unfortunately known as Blackman’s 
Bay), and other points of interest on 
the south-east coast. 
I’reycinet the younger was away a 
much shorter time, but carried out ex¬ 
cellent work. lie explored the coast 
northward of Cape Bernier (which was 
named by this expedition), and worked 
up the coast until abreast of Cape Bour- 
gainville. From here the survey was 
taken up by a boat under the com¬ 
mand of M. Faure, who steered for the 
Sellouten Islands of Tasman, and in due 
course discovered the Isle du l’hoques 
(Isle of Seals, now known as White 
Rock), and comments upon the num¬ 
bers of seals seen upon it. M. Faure 
found that the five islands shown on 
Tasman's charts really consisted of a 
mountainous peninsula and one large 
island. The strait separating the two 
wa- called Geograplie Strait, after ilieir 
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