Bruny D'Entrecasteaux' flag-ship was the "Recherche." 

 The scientific staff included, Recherche, Lahillardier 

 naturaliste; Deschamps, naturaliste ; Louis Venteua 

 naturaliste, 'faisant les fonctions d'aumooier,' (not to be 

 confused with E. P. Ventenat, see p. 131); Piron, peintre 

 (not to be confused with Peron, see p. 132); Lahaie, jar- 

 dinier. Esperance, Riche, naturaliste (see p. 130); Blavier 

 naturaliste. 

 Following is a title-page : — 



" Relation du voyage a la recherche de La Perouse, fait ] 

 ordre de F Assembled Constituante, pendant les annees 1791, 17 

 et pendant la lere et la 2me annee de la Republique Franchise, par 

 le Cen Labillardiere . . Tun des naturaliste ■> de ['expedition. 

 2 vols , 4 to Paris (an viii) 1799." 



Tome Premier pp. xvi, 4J2. The following references 

 are especially interesting to Australians :— 



Chapitre v, Tasmania. Chapitre vi, New Caledonia. 

 Chapitre ix, South-western Australia. Riche lost. At p. 

 403 is a reference to " Eucalyptus covnuta, Planche 17," 

 which should be 20 (see the folio Atlas below). 



Tome ii, pp. 332; supplementary pages, Vocabulaires, 

 1-69; Tables de la route de l'Esperance, 71-99; Table 

 des planches contenues dans l'atlas; 103-8. 



Chapitre x, Western Australia; xi, Tasmania ; xii, Society 

 Islands; xiii, New Caledonia; xiv, Solomons, Louisiades 

 and New Britain. 



Then there is a folio "Atlas pour servir," Paris 1811, 

 consisting of forty-four plates, of which Plates xii (part) 

 and xiii -xxiv are botanical (Tasmania and West Australia), 

 and xl and xii, botanical (New Caledonia). 

 Then we have :— 



"Voyage in search of La Perouse performed by order of the 

 Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793 and 



