AN 



Account of a Voyage 



IN SEARCH OF 



LA PEROUSE, 



UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF THE 



CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE, 



AND PERFORMED 



In the Years 1791, 1792, and 1793. 



IN THE 



Recherche and Efperance, Ships of JVar, 



UNDFR THE COMMAND OF 



Rear-Admlral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF 



M. LABILLARDIERE, 



Correfpondent of the ci-devant Academy of Sciences, Member of the 



Society of Natural Hiftory of Paris, and one of the NaCuralifts 



attached tj tlie Expedition. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



EMBELLISHED WITH FORTY-THREE ENGRAVINGS, 



And u Chart exhibiting the Track of the Ships 



bF.CONi) EDinON. 



V O L. II. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR B, UPHILL, No. 30, BRYDGES - STREET, 



eOVENT GARDEN. 



1802. 



