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the rciiniiiis of Pero \v Receveur, one of tlie 

 naturalists attached to Peronse's expedition, wlio 

 died at Botany Bay, in 1788. On tlie red-gum 

 tr^ was^e j|ilioidit|^ Iniscription^ % 4m0 

 of the offiem ^ctta^ied to Bdogaliiviiy^s e^qpe* 



dition : — Prcs de cet arbre. Reposent It-s 

 resto^, Do P. LeRpcovenr. Visite cn Mars, 1 824/' 

 During the time that the French discovery ships, 

 l^«i*rJi^s dad L*Esperance, lay at Port Jackson, 



and officers ; and search having been made for 

 the exact spot wlicre the remains of tlie natu- 

 ralist were deposited, some of liis bones were 

 found, and ov^r tihat spot a plaiii^^ m0®.T»a^t feas 

 h&m mtd(M. t6 Ills mem^r^ : m ^ wss ptebed 



th^' fetlowing inscription : — Hie jacet, Le 

 Receveur, Ex. F. F. Minoriluis, Gallitie Saeerdos, 

 Physicus in Circumnavigatione Mundi Duce de 

 k Pi^edUB^, Obiit die If ^¥0. imm IfBB.*' 



Beeeveur is given in Philipp's Voyage to Botany 

 Bay, Sec. " During tlie stay of M. de hi 

 Perouse in Botany Bay, Father Le Recevoiu", 

 wh€> mm ^litt in AMMm 9» a naturalist, 

 died. Hia death mc^nsimm^ woundB, 

 wliirli ]iv received in tlie unfortunate rencontre at 

 tlu' NnvigatorV Island. A slight monument 

 was erected to liis memory." An inscription 

 was placed on it similar to the preceding^ 



