SOf Notice respecting the 



the directors of that colony every necessary assistance for 

 restoring the sick and in regard to a supply of provisions. 



That part of the voyage made by the two vessels in com- 

 pany here terminates. Captain Baudin, being afraid thai 

 he should lose in a new voyage the live animals and vege- 

 tables collected by his own care and that of his fellow-navi- 

 gators, resolved to put on board the Naturaliste all the col- 

 lections already made by both ships, and to send them di- 

 rectly to France under the care of captain Hamelin, who 

 had always had the command of that vessel since their de- 

 parture from Europe. De Pusch, the mineralogist, whose 

 health had been much injured, embraced this opportunity 

 of returning to his native country; but, being too weak to 

 bear such a long voyage, he was obliged to stop at the Isle 

 of France, where he died after languishing a few months. 

 Captain Hamelin, on approaching France, was examined 

 by an English vessel, which, notwithstanding his pass, 

 carried him into' a port of England ; in consequence of 

 which delay he lost a great deal of time and many live 

 vegetables. He arrived at Havre in the month of Prairial, 

 year 11; his collection, being put into a boat on the Seine, 

 reached Paris in safety. 



Captain Baudin left Port Jackson at the end of Brvunaire 

 the same year with the Geographe and a small vessel better 

 calculated for making observations, as it could approach 

 much nearer to the coast. He had still on board Bernier 

 and Boulanger, who assisted the officers in their astrono- 

 mical and geographical labours. Leschenaut, who was the 

 only botanist, was unwilling, though sick, to abandon the 

 expedition. Peron, detained by the same motive, in order 

 to make researches in zoology, which he was the only per- 

 son who could follow, and in which he associated his friend 

 Lesueur, become, by circumstances, a draftsman and na- 

 turalist; Bailly, who was to be occupied with mineralogy; 

 Petit, charged with making drawings of the inhabitants, 

 their dresses, habitations, and works of arts ; and Guiche- 

 not, the only gardener, who endeavoured to increase the 

 herbals, and to collect seeds and living trees. 



This part of the voyage, in which the navigators care- 

 fully explored the southern coast of New Holland and some 

 of the adjacent isles, as well as a portion of the western 

 coasts, was attended with complete success. Several im- 

 portant points of geography were fixed, and a more consi- 

 derable collection was made than that before dispatched to 

 Europe. The captain himself had co-operated in the zoo- 

 logical researches, and especially those relating to birds. 



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