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the remains of Pere le Receveur, one of the 

 naturalists attached to Perouse's expedition, who 

 died at Botany Bay, in 1788. On the red-gum 

 tree was the following inscription, carved by one 

 of the officers* attached to Bougainville's expe- 

 dition : — " Pres de cet arbre. Reposent les 

 restes, DuP. Le Receveur." Visite en Mars, 1824." 



During the time that the French discovery ships, 

 La Thetis and L'Esperance, lay at Port Jackson, 

 this place was also visited by their commanders 

 and officers ; and search having been made for 

 the exact spot where the remains of the natu- 

 ralist were deposited, .some of his bones were 

 found, and over that spot a plain monument has 

 been erected to his memory : on it was placed 

 the following inscription : — " Hie jacet, Le 

 Receveur, Ex. F. F. Minoribus, Gallise Sacerdos, 

 Physicus in Circumnavigatione Mundi Duce de 

 la Perouse. Obiit die 17 Feb. Anno 1788." 



The following account of the death of Le 

 Receveur is given in Philipp's Voyage to Botany 

 Bay, &c. " During the stay of M. de la 

 Perouse in Botany Bay, Father Le Receveur, 

 who came out in the Astrolabe as a naturalist, 

 died. His death was 'occasioned by wounds, 

 which he received in the unfortunate rencontre at 

 the Navigator's Island. A slight monument 

 was erected to his memory." An inscription 

 was placed on it similar to the preceding. 



