262 Details respecting Baiidiri*s Voijage 



enable Mr. Ramsden to make a tbrtunc, he sells his instru- 

 ments cheaper than any other artist in the same line at 

 IjOndon : the difference is sometimes a third. Though he 

 has nearly 00 \Aorkmen in his employment he is not able 

 to execute all the orders which he has received from every 

 part of the world, and you yourself iiave experienced how 

 difficult it is to obtain instruments from him. 



No person can be more reasonable, more attentive to 

 business, or more indifferent for pleasure or for riches than 

 JVIr. Ramsden : he is exceedingly frugal in his manner of 

 life; and, unless provoked, no one can be more polite, 

 milder, or more complaisant. I hope, sir, you will pub- 

 lish with pleasure this tribute of my gratitude to a man of 

 unconmion talents, whom vou esteem as much as I do, 

 and who, in his turn, has conceived for you a real attach- 

 ment. 



XLVI. Some Details respecting the Fot/agc of the two French 

 Corvettes, Le Geographc ami Le Naturatlste, sent out under 

 the Command of Captain BAVvm for the Purpose (f mak- 

 ing Discoveries. 



J. HESE two corvettes sailed from the north-west port of 

 the Isle of France on the •2oth of April 1801, and on the 

 i27th of May discovered the land of New Holland in lat. 

 34° 36', long. 1 1 1° 44' : the land they saw was that called 

 I^ecuwin'g Land, which forms the south-u est extremity of 

 Nevi- Holland, and which the charts indicate as little known/ 



I'reparations were then made for exploring the country, 

 and the two corvettes \\'ere employed in this service from 

 the 27th of May to the 14th of .lune. As these were the 

 first geographical operations made on board these vessels, 

 it appears that they are not very correct ; and captain Rau- 

 din has sent home no account of them, nor any of the 

 charts which he caused to be constructed. lie announces 

 that on his return from Port Jackson he proposes to revibt 

 Leeuwin's Land, and to repeat the operations undertaken, 

 iti order to construct a chart of Bai du Geographe, which 

 he found in that part. 



Among the charts brought home by the Naturaliste \s 

 one of the sane coast of Lecuwin's Land, executed on board 

 the Naturaliste by C. Faure : it contains an extent of coast 

 from lat. 34° 23' to 32° 13', but coarsely delineated and 

 without any details. 



After 



