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190 the ground was o trong, that the two long boats lahed together were repeatedly filled with water whilt they were hauling at the buoy-rope. Beides, it was unk o deep, that the divers could not find its bill: it would have been better if the main captan had been ued. They then became enible of the neceity of doubling the buoy-rope and heaving the anchors from time to time, to prevent them from inking too deep in the muddy bottom.

Two boats had been ent a econd time to reconnoitre the north-eat ide of Tempet-bay, as far as Cape Taman. They returned at the end of four days, and it appeared to reult from their obervations, that Taman's head-land and the coat of Adventure-bay made part of an iland eparated from Van Diemen's land by the ea. After they had gone up the channel as far as 43° 17′ S. lat. they were obliged to return for want of proviions.

2d. My occupations on board did not permit me to go far into the country.

3d. On the following day we travered a glade that extended in a north-eat direction, and conducted us to the great lake. We had examined the outhern ide of it in a former excurion, but we wihed till to viit its northern coat, the various ituations of which gave us reaon to expect an