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moment they arrived, they were fcnt to Fort 

 Tangaran, upwards of two myriameters from 

 the town. Riche and Legrand, inftead of 

 procuring a palFage in the packet that was 

 Ihortly to fail, had been confined in Fort 

 Ankee. However, about two months after, 

 they had the good fortune to fail for the Ifle of 

 France, in a vefTel that was carrying thither 

 fome prifoners taken on board of our pri- 

 vateers. 



Dauribeau was not yet fatisfied with having 

 Gripped me of my colledions, but he requeftcd 

 the Governor of Samarang to take from me the 

 manufcript containing the obfervations which 

 I had made during the voyage in fearch of La 

 Pcroufe. In vain I remonftrated againft this 

 violation of the mod facred of all property : 

 neverthclefs, on the 28th of July, Governor 

 Ovcrllraaten gave orders for examining my 

 baggage, which he had caufed to be fcaled up 

 a month before ; but fortunately my journal 

 efcaped thefe refearches. 



Dauribeau, who had lately arrived at Sama- 

 rang in order to treat with the governor re- 

 fpectingthe fale of the fliips belonging to our 

 expedition, died there on the 2 2d of Augull. 



The moment of the departure of the Dutch 

 fleet was drawing near. Citizen Piron and I 

 id out for Batavia on the 31ft of Auguri:. We 



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