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] with our nets; epecially when the eat and outh-eat winds drove them into the bay.

Van Diemen's land was dicovered by Taman in the month of November, 1642. When Captain Cook anchored here four years after Furneaux, in the year 1777, he thought himelf the third European navigator who had been upon this coat. Cook did not know at that time that Captain Marion, after having remained here for ome time, ailed from thence on the 10th of March, 1772. The natives conducted themelves in a very different manner to thee two navigators. Poibly the gentlenes with which they behaved to Captain Cook, might be an effect of their terror for European fire-arms, of which they had received an idea from Marion's having been under the neceity of uing them againt them.

The place of our obervatory, ituated near the entrance of the harbour to the right of the veels, was 43° 32′ 24″ S. lat. 144° 46′ E. long.

The variation of the magnetic needle was 7° 39′ 32″ E.

The inclination of a flat needle was 70° 30′.

The tides flowed only once a day. The time of high water in the harbour at full and change days, was between nine and twelve o'clock, the water riing about ix feet perpendicular height. The tides were very much influenced by the winds, which