CHAPTER XL 



CONTENTS. 



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

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

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

 CEEDINGS 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 VINCENNES-SHE FAILS TO REACH VAN DIEMEN'S LAND-ARRIVAL 

 OF THE VINCENNES AT SYDNEY— PEACOCK FOUND THERE — RETURN OF THE PEA- 

 COCK FROM THE ICY BARRIER— SHE MAKES MACQUARIE'S ISLAND— SHE ARRIVES AT 

 SYDNEY-STATE OF THE PEACOCK— HOSPITALITIES RECEIVED AT SYDNEY. 



