ship's carpenter swam
ashore."--_Gell's Remarks on the First Discovery: Tasmanian Journal_,
vol. ii. p. 327.]

[Footnote 5: _Cook's Voyages._]

[Footnote 6: A folio edition of _Cook's Voyages_, published in the last
century, at the "King's Arms," Paternoster-row, London, contains the
following sentence, which, as perhaps the first example of invention in
reference to the country, may deserve remembrance:--"Stately groves,
rivers, and lawns, of vast extent." "Thickets full of birds of the most
beautiful plumage, of _various notes, whose melody was truly
enchanting_. It was _now_ the time (29th January!) when nature poured
forth her luxuriant exuberance, to clothe this country with rich
variety."--Vol. ii. p. 425.]

[Footnote 7: _Voyage of Perouse_ (translation). London, 1799.

Letters buried in a bottle, beneath a tree in Adventure Bay, were found
by Captain Bunker, of the _Venus_, in 1809, to which he was directed by
the words, still legible, "dig underneath;" and supposed, from his
imperfect knowledge of the language, that they were left by Perouse. In
this he was mistaken: they were deposited by D'Entrecasteaux, at his
second visit. _Bent's Almanack_, 1828, adopted Bunker's mistake: it was
copied by Mr. Widowson, who adds--"these letters were dated one month
after his departure from Port Jackson, and led to the opinion that the
expedition must have perished on some reef of Van Diemen's Land. In
consequence of this idea, the French government in 1791," &c. The first
mistake can be allowed for; but not that a discovery of letters in 1809,
prompted an expedition in 1791.]

[Footnote 8: _Hobart Town Gazette_, 1827.]

[Footnote 9: _Flinders' Introduction, &c._]

[Footnote 10:

Position of Low Head:--Lat. 41 deg. 3' 30" S.
Long. 146 deg. 48' 15" E.--_Flinders._]

[Footnote 11: _Collins_, vol. ii. p. 183.]

[Footnote 12: _Remarks by Robert Brown, F.R.S. Appendix to Flinders_,
vol. ii. p. 533.]

[Footnote 13: _Flinders_, vol. ii. p. 275. Jorgenson, the Dane, who was
a seaman on board the _Lady Nelson_, tender to the _Investigator_,
stated, in his rattling way, that she was in good condition, and
absurdly insinuated foul play. The _Investigator_ was cut down, and
returned to Europe in charge of Captain Kent, R.N.]

[Footnote 14: _Quarterly Review_, 1814.]

[Footnote 15: See _Flinders_, vol. i. p. 305.]

[Footnote 16: This statement, after Rev. Mr. Gell, is erroneous. Mouge
died from di