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he and some of his people were killed by the inhab- 

 itants. Captain Crozet, who succeeded to the com* 

 mand, returned by the way of the Philippine Isles, 

 with the two ships, to the Island of Mauritius. He 

 seemed to be a man possessed of the true spirit of 

 discovery, and to have abilities. In a very obliging 

 manner, he communicated to me a chart, wherein 

 were delineated not only his own discoveries, but also 

 that of Captain Kerguelen, which I found laid down 

 in the very situation where we searched for it ; so 

 that I can, by no means, conceive how both we and 

 the Adventure missed it. 



Besides this land, which Captain Crozet told us 

 was a long but very narrow island, extending east 

 and west, Captain Morion, in about the latitude 

 of 48° S., and from 16° to 30° of longitude east of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, discovered six islands which 

 were high and barren. These, together with some 

 islands lying between the line and the southern tropic 

 in the Pacific Ocean, were the principal discoveries 

 made in this voyage, the account of which, we were 

 told, was ready for publication. 



By Captain Crozet's chart it appeared that a voyage 

 had been made by the French across the South Pacific 

 Ocean, in 1769, under the command of one Captain 

 Surville ; who, on condition of his attempting discov- 

 eries, had obtained leave to make a trading voyage 

 to the coast of Peru. He fitted out, and took in a 

 cargo, in some part of the East Indies ; proceeded by 

 way of the Philippine Isles ; passed near New 

 Britain ; and discovered some land in the latitude 

 of 10° S., longitude 158° E. to which he gave his 

 own name. From hence he steered to the south ; 

 passed but a few degrees to the west of New Cale- 

 donia ; fell in with New Zealand at its northern ex- 

 tremity, and put into Doubtful Bay, where it seems, 

 he was, when I passed it, on my former voyage, in 

 the Endeavour. From New Zealand, Captain Sur- 



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