Kothe respecting Ihe E.vpeduion to Xcu IlolliHiu. sol 



T>n board the two vessels only Messrs. Ueniirr, iho a.-vtrnmi- 

 iiu-r; UouliHisicr, the ueogiaphcr ; Mange, 1\ run, ami Lc- 

 vill.iiu, /.oi)lou;ists ; Leselunaiit, bolmiisl ; Dc I'liseh aiul 

 liaills-, niiiieralogisls ; Kicdle, Sautler, ami Guithcnut, ijar- 

 tlciiws ; i.esueur ami IViit, who ciubarkid in no paiiieubr 

 «uialitv, wi^c suhst»iiuos tor the ilratlsiiKU who roinaincd at 

 {lie Isle ot I'nuKe. 



Tlie lirst laodinirs at Xew Holland, so tttuv.U desired, 

 Avere attemied with danger, and had alll]o^t beeotnc lalal l«» 

 several o\' the naviiiatoi-s. Tluv were uoi, hov\e\ef» dio- 

 comagcd bv this untorivuiate eoninicneeuicni, and they 

 anxionslv end)raeed every opportnnitv oi visiting these un- 

 known shores. When the ships arrived with their taiigiieJ 

 crows lU Timor, one of the islands ol" il<c arehipelago oi' 

 Asia, in the neighbourhood of the MoJuceas, t,besc niUu- 

 jalisls, tired ol being so long inaeiive, made hasJle to eolv- 

 lect the produetion? ot" the place.. Uiedlt, the gardener, 

 thoniih seareelv recovered from an tllnes.s wilU vhich lie 

 had been altaekcd.on the passage, em|)Ioved himscli too 

 soon in the search of plants, with which hu was desiroitf 

 to enrich the garden of I'aris ; and he fell a saerilice to a 

 new relapse^ after he had formed a prettv nnmcJX'^us collee- 

 ti(m. Mange, the zoologist, animated by the Sjime wal, 

 neglected, in like manner, the care of liis health in order to 

 occupy himself in searching for animals, f h; was scarcely 

 jestoreil when he was oblioed to re -embark to go and visit 

 the laiuls situated to the sonth of Xew Holland. In thi.s 

 part of the vovasje the navigators obtained more precise no- 

 lioiiN in regaril to several points of gcograj^bv, and madr 

 numerous collections of animals and veuelables ; but U be- 

 came fatal to the zoo!oc;ist I,evillain aiuMhe gardener Sau- 

 ,tier, \vh(\ like Kiedlc, fi:ll victims to iheir >:oal. Mangv'-. 

 soon followed them, and terminated bis circer at ibo Island 

 .Maria, near lo Van Diemen's Land. I Ic had been with i{ic- 

 dic, the companion of captain Handin, during his lirst voy- 

 age to America, and it was to their care united that the Mu- 

 Bcum of Natural Historv, to which thcv were both attached, 

 was indebled for the numerous productions of the Antilles, 

 with which its hot-houses and galleries were einiehed in 

 the vear (i ; and their loss was sensibly felt by all belonging 

 to that establishment. 



ihe two ves«{els, after passing d'Kntrecasteaux's strait, 

 on the coast oi Van Diemen's Lund, and visiting several 

 nl its ports and islands, were separated, and did not meet 

 aijain till the month of Mt ssidor, year lo, when tluy reached 

 i'ort Jackson, m New Ilollandj where they received iroin 



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