CHAPTER XL 



CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND TO THE THIRTIETH OF 

 JANUARY — FRENCH SQUADRON SEEN — ITS COMMANDER REFUSES TO SPEAK THE 

 PORPOISE— PROCEEDINGS UP TO THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY— GALE— FURTHER PROCEED- 

 INGS TO THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY— SPECIMENS OF ROCK OBTAINED — WESTERN 

 LIMIT OF HER CRUISE — RETURN TO THE EASTWARD — PORPOISE STANDS TO THE 

 NORTHWARD— AUCKLAND ISLANDS— PORPOISE ARRIVES AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS — 

 CRUISE OF THE FLYING-FISH— LANDING AT MACQUARIE'S ISLAND — PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE FLYING-FISH UP TO THE FOURTH OF FEBRUARY— STATE OF HER CREW— THEIR 

 LETTER TO LIEUTENANT PINKNEY — HE RESOLVES TO RETURN — ARRIVAL OF THE 

 FLYING-FISH AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS— EVENTS DURING THE RETURN OF THE VIN- 

 CENNES— SHE FAILS TO REACH VAN DIEMEN'S LAND— ARRIVAL OF THE VINCENNES AT 

 SYDNEY— PEACOCK FOUND THERE— RETURN OF THE PEACOCK FROM THE ICY BARRIER- 

 SHE MAKES MACQUARIE'S ISLAND— SHE ARRIVES AT SYDNEY— STATE OF THE PEACOCK 

 —HOSPITALITIES RECEIVED AT SYDNEY. 



