Botany Bay on 18tli January, 1788, followed by M. de la 

 Perouse on the 26th (the day on which the British Flag 

 was unfurled in Sydney Cove). 



On 10th March la Perouse sailed out of Botany Bay, 

 and no trace of his expedition was obtained until some 

 wreckage was found in 1825 by Captain Peter Dillon, of 

 H.M.S. "Research " at Vanikoro or Matlikoro, the south- 

 ernmost island of the Santa Cruz group. This expedition 

 therefore belongs to the pre-settlement era of Australia, 

 and as la Perouse only touched Australian land on one 

 occasion and later his expedition was wrecked with the 

 loss of all hands, it is evident that an account of it can 

 contain but little of Australian botany. Collections and 

 journals had, however, been sent to France from various 

 other places, and particulars of them and the "instructions" 

 make a valuable volume. 

 Following is a title-page : — 



"A voyage round the world performed in the years 1785, 1786, 

 1787 and 1788 by the Bousxole and Astrolabe, under the command 

 of J. F G. de la Perouse. Published by order of the National 

 Assembly under the superintendence of L. A. Milet-Mureau. 



In two volumes, illustrated by a variety of charts and plates in 

 a separate volume. Translated from the French, 4 to. London, 

 1799." 



Vol. i, pp. lvi, 539, contains la Perouse's portrait as 

 frontispiece ; at pp. xxv-lii is a biographical sketch. 



On board La Boussole were Prevost junior, botanical 

 draughtsman, and Collignon, gardener ami botanist. 



On board U Astrolabe wimv IV la Martini.-re. (Bossieu) 

 doctor Of physic, medical officer and botanist. Hcdescribed 

 insects and, as regards plants, the leguminous genus 

 Ilossinea was named after him ; Dufresne, naturalist; Pere 

 Receveur was a Franciscan friar, "naturalist and doing 



