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Navigators and Their Discoveries

           "Contincontin,"herepeated,"thatmustmeancontinent!"

           AndthenheresumedhismentalretrospectofthenavigatorswhomadeknowntousthesetwogreatislandsoftheSouthernSea.

           Itwasonthe13thofDecember,1642,thattheDutchnavigatorTasman,afterdiscoveringVanDiemen’sLand,sightedtheunknownshoresofNewZealand.Hecoastedalongforseveraldays,andonthe17thofDecemberhisshipspenetratedintoalargebay,which,terminatinginanarrowstrait,separatedthetwoislands.

           ThenorthernislandwascalledbythenativesIkana-Mani,awordwhichsignifiesthefishofMani.ThesouthernislandwascalledTavai-Pouna-Mou,"thewhalethatyieldsthegreen-stones."

           AbelTasmansenthisboatsonshore,andtheyreturnedaccompaniedbytwocanoesandanoisycompanyofnatives.Thesesavagesweremiddleheight,ofbrownoryellowcomplexion,angularbones,harshvoices,andblackhair,whichwasdressedintheJapanesemanner,andsurmountedbyatallwhitefeather.

           ThisfirstinterviewbetweenEuropeansandaboriginesseemedtopromiseamicableandlastingintercourse.Butthenextday,whenoneofTasman’sboatswaslookingforananchoragenearertotheland,sevencanoes,mannedbyagreatnumberofnatives,attackedthemfiercely.Theboatcapsizedandfilled.Thequartermasterincommandwasinstantlystruckwithabadly-sharpenedspear,andfellintothesea.Ofhissixcompanionsfourwerekilled;theothertwoandthequartermasterwereabletoswimtotheships,andwerepickedupandrecovered

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